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![Painting, Arc 1, Peggy Bell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196512_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arc in Orange and Gold, Peggy Bell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196510_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Between Here and There, Peggy Bell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196509_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Animal Painting #012-0683, Les Thomas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196444_1_grid.jpg)
Animal Painting #012-0683
Les Thomas
Painting - 31 x 31 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,520
![Painting, Seascape N°33, Jian-Chung Tan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le maître des forces de la nature, Bengt Lindström](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194579_1_grid.jpg)
Le maître des forces de la nature
Bengt Lindström
Painting - 180 x 194 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 76.4 x 0.8 inch
$72,670
![Painting, Close from far away, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193257_1_grid.jpg)
Close from far away
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 3.2 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.3 inch
$1,200
![Painting, Blue again like morning, Francesca Borgo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193152_1_grid.jpg)
Blue again like morning
Francesca Borgo
Painting - 61 x 81 x 3.2 cm Painting - 24 x 31.9 x 1.3 inch
$1,670
![Painting, Sans titre (2), Slick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188040_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Slick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188038_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Slick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187989_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition No. 366, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1535832_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No. 366
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 76 x 127 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 50 x 1.2 inch
$1,565
![Painting, Melodies of Rain/4, Helen Mount](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217576_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Melodies of Rain/3, Helen Mount](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217571_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Melodies of Rain/2, Helen Mount](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217568_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Suspense, Arnaud Dromigny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213673_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dishes, John Capitano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210978_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crazy, Francesco Martini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210339_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaza, Francesco Martini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210336_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ins Neue, Nina Lanner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La imagen distorsionada de Dios, de la serie Homo vs Sapiens, Gustavo Díaz Sosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208800_1_grid.jpg)
La imagen distorsionada de Dios, de la serie Homo vs Sapiens
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Painting - 45 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,571
![Painting, Abstraction 3, Adriano Paolelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206139_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstraction 2, Adriano Paolelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206138_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstraction 1, Adriano Paolelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206137_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happy Moments, Giuseppe Bartocci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206102_1_grid.jpg)
Happy Moments
Giuseppe Bartocci
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,677
![Painting, The Fire That Never Dies, Giuseppe Bartocci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206101_1_grid.jpg)
The Fire That Never Dies
Giuseppe Bartocci
Painting - 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,789
![Painting, Fire of Life, Anna Selina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204551_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring in Ukraine - green, black, white, yellow large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203514_1_grid.jpg)
Spring in Ukraine - green, black, white, yellow large abstraction, drops, expressionism dropping
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,354
![Painting, Stillness and movement, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198564_1_grid.jpg)
Stillness and movement
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 48 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,962
![Painting, 12 series - Estuary twilight, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197209_1_grid.jpg)
12 series - Estuary twilight
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 45 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,957
![Painting, Poppy II, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197194_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ebullient III, Lyra Morgan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196920_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Funny emoticons, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196914_1_grid.jpg)
Funny emoticons
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,472
![Painting, Sunset on the lake, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196892_1_grid.jpg)
Sunset on the lake
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
$5,255
![Painting, Flower night aura, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196218_1_grid.jpg)
Flower night aura
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,957
![Painting, Sunrize, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196050_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Multivariance, Anna Selina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194799_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moonlight shutters, Amelia Wood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194060_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Patagonia, Amelia Wood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The butterfly house, Amelia Wood](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194022_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Color of the Wind, Ron Connors](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193411_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysages abstraits, Rongge Zhu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193342_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sweet smell of summer, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191599_1_grid.jpg)
Sweet smell of summer
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.7 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$894
![Painting, Summer delight, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191598_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Mosaic of Colors, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191590_1_grid.jpg)
The Mosaic of Colors
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,230
![Painting, From the series Infinite Flight, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191496_1_grid.jpg)
From the series Infinite Flight
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 160 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$4,472
![Painting, Floral Dancing, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189752_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whirlwind of summer flowers, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189750_1_grid.jpg)
Whirlwind of summer flowers
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 92 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,677
![Painting, Orange in the sky, SA Candela](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215336_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, African Woman 2, Dragana Adamov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Will Faber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212990_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Will Faber](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212961_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Candide, Yu Zhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleuve ailé, Yu Zhao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211341_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Lares and Di Penates, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209351_1_grid.jpg)
The Lares and Di Penates
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,031
![Painting, Catacomb of Callixtus, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209348_1_grid.jpg)
Catacomb of Callixtus
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,242
![Painting, A Well in the Comitium, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209345_1_grid.jpg)
A Well in the Comitium
Alexander Levich
Painting - 22 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,242
![Painting, Faille #5, Laure-Anne Lemaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209136_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Unlimited (Unknown Power), Yuiko Ráyka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208880_1_grid.jpg)
Unlimited (Unknown Power)
Yuiko Ráyka
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$3,130
![Painting, Yellow Fantasy V, Aaron Labin (Grigoryan)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208419_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow Fantasy V
Aaron Labin (Grigoryan)
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$558
![Painting, Roussillon #5, Laure-Anne Lemaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203667_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Faille #8, Laure-Anne Lemaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203666_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Réconciliation, Khadija El Haouchi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202907_1_grid.jpg)
Réconciliation
Khadija El Haouchi
Painting - 81 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,733
![Painting, Out of system, Speedy Graphito](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les tumultes de la modernité, Speedy Graphito](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200047_1_grid.jpg)
Les tumultes de la modernité
Speedy Graphito
Painting - 130 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$30,186
![Painting, Vitality, Speedy Graphito](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200046_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Impossible architectures IV, Orlando Alandia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198968_1_grid.jpg)
Impossible architectures IV
Orlando Alandia
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,453
![Painting, Impossible architectures III, Orlando Alandia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198967_1_grid.jpg)
Impossible architectures III
Orlando Alandia
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,453
![Painting, Impossible architectures II, Orlando Alandia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198966_1_grid.jpg)
Impossible architectures II
Orlando Alandia
Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,453
![Painting, Alive, Sophie Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solar Character, Sophie Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breeze, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193052_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cruise, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191577_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Three Whales 2, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191175_1_grid.jpg)
Three Whales 2
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$783
![Painting, The Door, Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190221_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Movie, Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190110_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tahaa, Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189922_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Une autre vie n°7, Alain Olivieri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Singularity, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187961_1_grid.jpg)
Singularity
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$783
![Painting, Sky 2, Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187854_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sky 1, Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Carrare, Ralph Resch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162324_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract fresh N°2, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217299_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract fresh N°2
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 30.5 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 6.1 x 0 inch
$145
![Painting, The Moon, Léo Pansard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215665_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Acrylic on paper, Léo Pansard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215557_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / XIX, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213865_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / XIX
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 15 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$358
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / XXXIX, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213858_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / XXXIX
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$503
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLVI, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213816_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLVI
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 20 x 15 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 1.6 inch
$503
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLVII, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213815_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLVII
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$503
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / XXXIII (16), Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213814_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / XXXIII (16)
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$503
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / L, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213812_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / L
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$503
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLV, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213810_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLV
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$503
![Painting, Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLI, Dorine van der Ploeg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213809_1_grid.jpg)
Dieppe Series 2.0 / XLI
Dorine van der Ploeg
Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$503
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Abstract Painting for Sale
Abstract painting is a form of expression which contrasts with representational art, where capturing the likeness of the subject is presented as the artist's ultimate objective. Abstract painting is in fact the very opposite of figurative art. Even if we are not able to understand the meaning behind an abstract work without additional information, it can nonetheless succeed in conveying a sense of emotion and feeling.
We tend to associate the birth of abstraction with the artist Vassily Kandinsky and the artistic revolution he initiated during the 20th century. As one of the movement's pioneers, he was at the forefront of the breakaway from representational art along with Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian and Kupka. Kandinsky not only shared his views on abstraction through his art but also in his written work. In 1910 he published his book “Concerning the Spiritual in Art" in which he defended the symbolic importance of each of the elements present in painting and which gave each artwork a spiritual dimension. In the same year, he unveiled his first abstract piece, entitled “Abstract watercolor". Abstract art was born. Figurativism had been left to one side in favour of a new movement where artists dealt directly with the intangible and immaterial, without explicitly identifying a subject matter. Several sub-genres started to emerge. Kazimir Malevich became known for his legendary 1915 painting “Black Square", followed by “White on White" in 1918, with which he laid the foundations for Suprematism. Malevich believed that a painting was composed of an ensemble of independent forces which could evolve together in the order to find a sense of harmony and equilibrium within the work. Abstraction can also take on a more lyrical form, especially when accompanied by music. Kandinsky's the “Picture with the Black Arch" is an excellent example of this. The large-scale painting was painted in 1912 and is seen as a marking the turning point for a new era in the history of art.
As well as his work on the composition of shapes and colors, Kandinsky had synesthesia. His condition can be seen as a decisive factor in triggering the artist's desire to create a new artistic language. His senses intertwined and became one, transforming sounds into shapes and colors. Kandinsky's use of color is much more than a question of aesthetics; it was inherent to the way he perceived the world. In this abstract painting, each color has been carefully chosen and is filled with symbolic meaning. In his abstract two-dimensional painting, Kandinsky succeeds in ensuring that the spectator can feel and hear an entire orchestra playing a Wagner opera.
Geometric abstraction both stems from and contrasts with lyrical abstraction, which geometric abstract artists summarized as “abstract landscaping". As its name suggests, this new form of abstraction is centred around the use of geometric shapes to create a sense of purity in the painting. Lines, squares, triangles and circles all collide with the use of bold, block colors on a two-dimensional surface. Kupka was one of the movement's leading figures but nonetheless did not want to be associated with it, believing that art should be the very opposite of abstract; it should be concrete and real. Alongside him, Mondrian laid the foundations for geometric abstraction with his characteristic use of neat shapes and rectangles. The artist developed his unique style by structuring his paintings around an underlying orthogonal grid and using sharp right angles.
And last but not least, it is important to remember the influence that both Sonia and Robert Delaunay had on the development of abstraction. The couple seduced the French critic and poet Guillaume Apollinaire with their circular shapes and use of color. Apollinaire christened their art Orphism, a reference to the mythological Greek figure Orpheus as well as to the title of one of his own poems, which he felt was reminiscent of the 'luminous language' conveyed in their paintings. In this regard, Orphism seems to have more in common with lyrical rather than geometric abstraction.
Although abstract art marked a decisive break from prior artistic traditions, the movement can also be seen as the inevitable and logical result of the work and thinking of previous artists. At the start of the century the Fauvist movement explored the importance of color, whilst the Cubists started to deconstruct shapes and play with geometry. In a similar way, German Expressionism, which was born in 1905, encouraged the idea that independent emotions, detached from reality, should be the focus of an artist's work. Thanks to abstraction, modern art has been able to excel and reach its very peak. By no longer focusing on physical subjects, artists are no longer limited to representing recognisable reality.
Abstract art has a universal language to share and convey. Since its beginnings, abstraction has been significantly shared across the world and has contributed a great deal to contemporary thinking today. Explore abstract artworks from renowned artists like Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and more on Artsper!
Abstract painting refers to the type of painting that does not make visual reference to the real world. Art that does aim to do this is called figurative art. Instead, abstract art uses some combination of color, shape, line, forms and marks to achieve an outcome. This often allows the viewer the freedom to interpret the work independently and to assign to it their own meaning.
Like most art forms, abstract painting is as easy as the effort that is put into it. While someone could theoretically create an easy abstract artwork, the ones that are remembered and that resonate with their audience are certainly not easy to create. They require an excellent understanding of visual language such as shape, color and form, as well as advanced technical skills to execute them.
To create an abstract painting, you will require at least some form of surface, such as canvas, paper or wood, and paint, such as acrylic, oil or watercolor.