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Minimalist Paintings

Minimalism is a movement that began in the 1960s as a reaction against the exacerbated subjectivity of expressionism. Its motto: “less is more". Economy in means is essential in minimalism. Extreme sobriety is the common denominator of minimalist art, often relying on the depiction of geometric forms in primary colors. Minimalist artworks often appear as sophisticated and conceptual, as the idea outweighs the production. Some of the painters of this movement are: Frank Stella, Sol Le Witt, Malevitch or Ad Reinhardt. 

Minimalism is an offshoot of the school of abstraction, focusing on the extreme simplification of form and the idea that art should have its own reality, rather than representing any another thing. It developed in the USA during the post-war period of Western art, largely throughout the 60s and 70s. Minimalist art is often based on the use of basic shapes or lines, or sometimes even just block colour. Generally, the colours used are bright primary colours, but the palettes are usually very limited, sometimes even monochromatic.

Minimalism seeks to make art more accessible, as the viewer need only respond to the painting itself, its form and its medium. This takes away any necessity to be familiar with Art History or to recognise any references in the piece to fully appreciate the art. Pioneer of the movement Frank Stella once said the point of his paintings was that “what you see is what you see". Discover minimalist paintings from the likes of Barbara Todd and Fernando Munoz Zuloaga in Artsper's extensive catalogue.

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Sylvie Eudes, Coté Ouest, Painting

Sylvie Eudes

Coté Ouest, 2020
39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Painting

$5,422

Nemanja Nikolic, Place to Hide, Painting

Nemanja Nikolic

Place to Hide, 2021
40 x 30 x 0.78 inch
Painting

$1,426

Laurent Lecuelle, Sans titre #06, Painting

Laurent Lecuelle

Sans titre #06, 2020
35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
Painting

$1,000

Emanuele Ravagnani, Senza Titolo - (Serie: Leonardo Fibonacci), Painting

Emanuele Ravagnani

Senza Titolo - (Serie: Leonardo Fibonacci), 2021
47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Painting

$3,856

Jean Rouzaud, Sans titre N°590, Painting

Jean Rouzaud

Sans titre N°590, 2008
21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$723

Valérie Woillet, Contraste I, Painting

Valérie Woillet

Contraste I, 2019
11.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$1,663

Orlando Alandia, Leque, Painting

Orlando Alandia

Leque, 2020
35.4 x 47.2 inch
Painting

$3,600

Jonidel Mendoza, Solitaria Compañía del Reflejo I y II Diptych. (Solitary Company of Reflex I and II Diptych), Painting

Jonidel Mendoza

Solitaria Compañía del Reflejo I y II Diptych. (Solitary Company of Reflex I and II Diptych), 2010
29.1 x 48 x 3.9 inch
Painting

$18,000

Gina Vor, Follow the line 3, Painting

Gina Vor

Follow the line 3, 2019
31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
Painting

$458

Françoise Danel, Pot noir sur fond jaune, Painting

Françoise Danel

Pot noir sur fond jaune, 2011
19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$1,325

Anne-Marie Vesco, Déesse ou martyre, Painting

Anne-Marie Vesco

Déesse ou martyre, 2016
7.5 x 5.5 x 2.4 inch
Painting

$843

Francisco Larios, Untitled 18, Painting

Francisco Larios

Untitled 18, 2019
9.5 x 9.5 x 1 inch
Painting

$2,200

Humanfuel, Organic interaction, Painting

Humanfuel

Organic interaction, 2021
15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
Painting

$2,410

Pierrette Dijonneau, Le reflet, Painting

Pierrette Dijonneau

Le reflet, 2021
35.4 x 24.4 x 7.9 inch
Painting

$1,747

Alex Manea, Genesis I, Painting

Alex Manea

Genesis I, 2020
47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$2,410

Laurent de Raucourt, Archéologie, Painting

Laurent de Raucourt

Archéologie, 2018
15 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
Painting

$1,205

Dominique Kermène, Sans titre, Painting

Dominique Kermène

Sans titre, 2015
18.1 x 13 x 1 inch
Painting

$843

Christina Maximoff, Aeolus, Painting

Christina Maximoff

Aeolus, 2020
19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
Painting

$1,807

Marc Tassell, Atlantic, Painting

Marc Tassell

Atlantic, 2017
31.5 x 31.5 inch
Painting

$1,687

Tilman, 17.16 (Breather), Painting

Tilman

17.16 (Breather), 2016
35.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
Painting

$6,283

Our recommendations Etienne Quesnay, Voleuse sous les étoiles, Painting

Etienne Quesnay

Voleuse sous les étoiles, 2021
16.1 x 12.2 inch
Painting

$602

Rubén Ortiz Tores, Blackest Flag, Painting

Rubén Ortiz Tores

Blackest Flag, 2020
24 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
Painting

$9,789

France Mitrofanoff, En Chemin, Painting

France Mitrofanoff

En Chemin, 2009
98.4 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
Painting

$33,736

Marianne Turck, Everybody has his own dance II, Painting

Marianne Turck

Everybody has his own dance II, 2021
37 x 70.1 x 1.6 inch
Painting

$5,422

Our recommendations Wilma Tabacco, Slip Side 2, Painting

Wilma Tabacco

Slip Side 2, 2003
22 x 29.9 x 2.4 inch
Painting

$3,856

Chelsea Davine, Looking West in Gold, Painting

Chelsea Davine

Looking West in Gold, 2021
39.4 x 63 x 2 inch
Painting

$5,060

Arthur Hent, Self-portrait 21.29, Painting

Arthur Hent

Self-portrait 21.29, 2021
47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
Painting

$1,301

Chris Carpi, Giallo Dominante, Painting

Chris Carpi

Giallo Dominante, 1982
39.4 x 40.2 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$2,289

Igor Nekraha, Evening time. Yachts, Painting

Igor Nekraha

Evening time. Yachts, 2020
27.6 x 39.4 inch
Painting

$1,450

Petr Strnad, Space Solution IX., Painting

Petr Strnad

Space Solution IX., 2021
24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
Painting

$639

Antonin Grace, ME1902, Painting

Antonin Grace

ME1902, 2018
31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
Painting

$783

Ricky Hunt, Big Waves 15, Painting

Ricky Hunt

Big Waves 15, 2019
16 x 16 inch
Painting

$610

Anne Juliette Deschamps, Spotlight 4, Painting

Anne Juliette Deschamps

Spotlight 4, 2016
35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$2,410

Jennifer McGregor, Hills No 43, Painting

Jennifer McGregor

Hills No 43, 2019
30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
Painting

$1,600

Susan Wolfe Huppman, Romance or Obsession, Painting

Susan Wolfe Huppman

Romance or Obsession, 2020
42 x 30 x 1.5 inch
Painting

$1,800

Aziz Anzabi, Hallucination, Painting

Aziz Anzabi

Hallucination, 2017
26 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch
Painting

$1,084

Sergii Lamonov, #4-21, Painting

Sergii Lamonov

#4-21, 2021
39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$2,000

EMPHI, Ornament & Misfit, Painting

EMPHI

Ornament & Misfit, 2019
11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
Painting

$964

Mara Minuzzo, Composition No. 183, Painting

Mara Minuzzo

Composition No. 183, 2018
30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
Painting

$1,600

Imi Knoebel, An meine Grüne Seite 07-29, Painting

Imi Knoebel

An meine Grüne Seite 07-29, 2007
7.9 x 5.9 x 2 inch
Painting

$19,278

Janina Wierusz Kowalska, Oh, where are we?, Painting

Janina Wierusz Kowalska

Oh, where are we?, 2020
39.4 x 27.6 inch
Painting

$1,349

Fred Abuga, Anchores Boats, Painting

Fred Abuga

Anchores Boats, 2019
35.4 x 21.9 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$1,928

Nina Lanner, Sprungturm, Painting

Nina Lanner

Sprungturm, 2021
22.8 x 29.9 x 0.2 inch
Painting

$1,157

Sjaak Korsten, Close, Painting

Sjaak Korsten

Close, 2020
13.8 x 11.4 x 0 inch
Painting

$964

Anelia Raykova, There is no lack of emptiness, Painting

Anelia Raykova

There is no lack of emptiness, 2017
15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$867

Gosha Karpowicz, Intervallum - II, Painting

Gosha Karpowicz

Intervallum - II, 2020
12 x 12 x 1.5 inch
Painting

$1,500

Claudia Jowitt, Lako Mai, Painting

Claudia Jowitt

Lako Mai, 2019
18 x 12 x 2 inch
Painting

$1,750

Petro Hulyn, Expectation, Painting

Petro Hulyn

Expectation, 2020
23.9 x 23.9 x 0.2 inch
Painting

$1,205

Lucas Zarebinski, Attenuate, Painting

Lucas Zarebinski

Attenuate, 2021
13 x 8.3 x 2.2 inch
Painting

$1,542

Toni Erm, Do You See Yourself?, Painting

Toni Erm

Do You See Yourself?, 2018
31.5 x 27.6 inch
Painting

$2,000

Len Klikunas, Burnt Orange, Painting

Len Klikunas

Burnt Orange, 2020
24 x 24 x 1 inch
Painting

$945

Joël Barbiéro, Untitled #58, Painting

Joël Barbiéro

Untitled #58, 2002
9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
Painting

$639

Hana Moore, Always, Painting

Hana Moore

Always, 2017
36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
Painting

$2,200

Simeon Simeonov, Untitled, Painting

Simeon Simeonov

Untitled, 2018
21.7 x 21.7 inch
Painting

$2,048

Claudia Busching, Untitled Gestural Abstraction, Painting

Claudia Busching

Untitled Gestural Abstraction, 1994
23.8 x 19.5 inch
Painting

$800

Nab, Croisée, Painting

Nab

Croisée, 2020
23.4 x 16.5 inch
Painting

$1,024

Kim Fonder, Etnografica Linea Bianco Sienna, Painting

Kim Fonder

Etnografica Linea Bianco Sienna, 2020
44 x 44 x 3 inch
Painting

$4,600

Our recommendations Mareo Rodriguez, Expansion, Painting

Mareo Rodriguez

Expansion, 2021
59.1 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch
Painting

$10,800

Jaime Sicilia, Seascape, Painting

Jaime Sicilia

Seascape, 2018
15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
Painting

$723

David Jones, Essex Boatyard, Essex, MA, Painting

David Jones

Essex Boatyard, Essex, MA, 2015
15.7 x 20.1 inch
Painting

$578

Agathe Toman, _Fluids #02, Painting

Agathe Toman

_Fluids #02, 2019
37.4 x 26.8 x 0.4 inch
Painting

$6,325

Sara Brennan, Old Yellow Bands - series IV, Painting

Sara Brennan

Old Yellow Bands - series IV, 2020
15 x 22.5 x 1.25 inch
Painting

$5,300

Melinda Infante, Le Sablé, Painting

Melinda Infante

Le Sablé, 2021
39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Painting

$2,410

Sam Grigorian, Homage to Thelonious Monk, Painting

Sam Grigorian

Homage to Thelonious Monk, 2020
15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
Painting

$2,000

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