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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Oh So Blue - Tall Modern Large Contemporary Abstract Minimalism Steel Sculpture
Oh So Blue - Tall Modern Large Contemporary Abstract Minimalism Steel Sculpture

Oh So Blue - Tall Modern Large Contemporary Abstract Minimalism Steel Sculpture

By Granville Beals

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

28K Gold Organic - 3D gold color contemporary abstract mural sculpture
28K Gold Organic - 3D gold color contemporary abstract mural sculpture

28K Gold Organic - 3D gold color contemporary abstract mural sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Foam, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Jackson Pollock Bearbrick 400%  (Jackson Pollock BE@RBRICK)
Jackson Pollock Bearbrick 400%  (Jackson Pollock BE@RBRICK)

Jackson Pollock Bearbrick 400% (Jackson Pollock BE@RBRICK)

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jackson Pollock 400% & 100% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure (set of 2): A rare highly collectible Bearbrick Jackson Pollock statue piece, splattered from head to toe in Pollock’s signature a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

'My Heart That Blooms in the Darkness of The Night'
'My Heart That Blooms in the Darkness of The Night'

'My Heart That Blooms in the Darkness of The Night'

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in New York, NY

Yayoi Kusama’s My Heart That Blooms in the Darkness of the Night (2012) is a striking example of her ability to merge visual art with emotional depth and symbolic resonance. Crafted ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Copper

ELARA B - 'Moon of Jupiter'

ELARA B - 'Moon of Jupiter'

Located in Boston, MA

ELARA B - 'Moon of Jupiter' 11.0 × 17.0 × 5.0, 16.0 lbs Bronze Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "Jupiter’s moon Elara was discovered in 1905 by Charles Dillon Perrin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nexus
Nexus

Jack YoungermanNexus, 1990

$4,500Sale Price|30% Off

Nexus

By Jack Youngerman

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Abstract sculpture by American artist, Jack Youngerman (b.1926). Nexus, 1990. 24.5 inches. Aluminum, numbered 2/3. Signed and numbered on base. 1926 Born, St. Louis, Missouri; moved with family to Louisville, Kentucky in 1929 1943-44; 1946-47 Attended University of Missouri 1944-46 U.S. Navy, University of North Carolina 1947-49 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1949-55 Lived and worked in Paris 1956 Returned to the United States; lived in New York City 1956-1995 1995-current Resides in Bridgehampton, New York ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS: 1951 Galerie Arnaud, Paris 1958 Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968) 1959 Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Sixteen Americans" 1962 Galerie Lawrence, Paris (also 1965) 1963 Galeria dell' Ariete, Milan Everett Ellen Gallery, Los Angeles, California The Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C. 1971 Pace Gallery, New York (also 1972, 1975) 1972 Portland Center for the Arts, Oregon Seattle Art Museum, Washington 1973 The Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois Galerie Denise Rene, Paris 1975 Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 1976 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York 1981 Washburn Gallery...

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1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

Cloudstack - Large Oversized Red Contemporary Geometric Metal Steel Sculpture
Cloudstack - Large Oversized Red Contemporary Geometric Metal Steel Sculpture

Cloudstack - Large Oversized Red Contemporary Geometric Metal Steel Sculpture

By Granville Beals

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

"Ambient Resonance" - Organic hand-built ceramic sculpture bowl
"Ambient Resonance" - Organic hand-built ceramic sculpture bowl

"Ambient Resonance" - Organic hand-built ceramic sculpture bowl

By Jessamyn Go

Located in East Quogue, NY

"Ambient Resonance" Hand-coiled and pinched wide ceramic bowl sculpture by Jessamyn Go. Iron Speckled Brown Stoneware, White Crawl Glaze, White Glaze Interior Size: 11.5 x 11.5 x 7...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze

Homage to Vasarely- mirror sculpture by artist and designer Oliver de Schrijver
Homage to Vasarely- mirror sculpture by artist and designer Oliver de Schrijver

Homage to Vasarely- mirror sculpture by artist and designer Oliver de Schrijver

Located in Schierensee, SH

With "Hommage to Vasarely" the renowned Belgian designer and artist Olivier De Schrijver has created a stunning retro-mirror wall sculpture honoring the art of Vasarely. The work is all hand-made, a unique series of only 6 works; signed and numbered on the back. Certificate. (3/6) Practical hanging mechanism on the back for easy handing on the wall. This Belgian designer reinvents the mirror by giving it a graphic role, like in his sought after "Hommage to Vasarely" whose projected lights create luminous tesserae onto walls and ceilings. His artwork invites you to escape into the imagination and the serenity offering a moment of intimacy. Through the subtle blend of poetry and fantasy on on head and the aesthetics and ergonomics on the other, Oliver De Schrijver could perfectly assume been gate design...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mirror

Pair, Red Woven Abstract Tapestry of Figures, Textile Sculpture
Pair, Red Woven Abstract Tapestry of Figures, Textile Sculpture

Pair, Red Woven Abstract Tapestry of Figures, Textile Sculpture

By Lilla Kulka

Located in Wilton, CT

Pair, sisal, wool, stilon, 125" x 77", 1989. This large figurative, abstract tapestry was done by textile artist, Lilla Kulka (b. 1946, Krakow, Poland). Artist Statement: "I creat...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool, Thread

Reclining Figure (woman)
Reclining Figure (woman)

Reclining Figure (woman)

By William King (b.1925)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned. William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90. His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman. The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset." A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision." William Dickey King...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Raspberry 2 - Red Abstract Circles Contemporary Metal Free Standing Sculpture
Raspberry 2 - Red Abstract Circles Contemporary Metal Free Standing Sculpture

Raspberry 2 - Red Abstract Circles Contemporary Metal Free Standing Sculpture

By Granville Beals

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

CC #86 - Green Blue Abstract Geometric Wall Sculpture
CC #86 - Green Blue Abstract Geometric Wall Sculpture

CC #86 - Green Blue Abstract Geometric Wall Sculpture

By Anna Kruhelska

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Anna Kruhelska, a talented visual artist and practicing architect from Lodz, Poland, merges her expertise in both fields to create captivating artworks. With a background in major ar...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Sfera con perforazione
Sfera con perforazione

Sfera con perforazione

By Arnaldo Pomodoro

Located in London, GB

An exceptional example of Arnaldo Pomodoro’s iconic Sfera con Sfera series, — a pivotal period in the artist’s exploration of fractured geometric perfection. Signed, dated "'66," and...

Category

1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Spinnaker
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Spinnaker

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Spinnaker

By Scott Troxel

Located in Paris, IDF

Spray acrylic, latex, black cherry, MDF & matte varnish Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other Art Fair ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Latex, Spray Paint

Pulse Point - Chrome metallic glazed ceramic sculpture
Pulse Point - Chrome metallic glazed ceramic sculpture

Pulse Point - Chrome metallic glazed ceramic sculpture

By Jessamyn Go

Located in East Quogue, NY

Hand-pitched chrome metallic glazed ceramic sculpture vessel by Jessamyn Go. Jessamyn Go's work is deeply rooted in the visceral, meditative experience of working with clay. Drawn t...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze

Nidium 1.5m - Interactive Outdoor Sculpture, LED, Nature-Inspired
Nidium 1.5m - Interactive Outdoor Sculpture, LED, Nature-Inspired

Nidium 1.5m - Interactive Outdoor Sculpture, LED, Nature-Inspired

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This unique contemporary outdoor sculpture inspired by nature is interactive. Oeno Gallery is proud to host the North American debut of this extraordinary interactive sculpture, “wh...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, LED Light

1980 Italy Wood Abstract Kinetic Sculpture
1980 Italy Wood Abstract Kinetic Sculpture

1980 Italy Wood Abstract Kinetic Sculpture

By Bruno Chersicla

Located in Brescia, IT

This sculpture is one of a kind piece, no other one exists, and it was realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla. This is a kinetic abstract sculpture, most ...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Abstract Clay Sculpture of Urban Row Home with Black History Themes
Abstract Clay Sculpture of Urban Row Home with Black History Themes

Abstract Clay Sculpture of Urban Row Home with Black History Themes

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Rather than being literal reproductions of buildings, Leroy Johnson’s iconic, signature house sculptures are alive with texture and symbolism, celebrating the resilience of communiti...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Baquba', 2008 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Baquba', 2008 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Baquba', 2008 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Baquba' is a contemporary abstract glass by artist David Ruth. Created in 2008, it was a piece in a series about the David's views on the American invasion of Iraq. "In 2005, a fe...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Scott Troxel, John Van Alstine, Marty Mackenzie, and Stephen Walling. Frequently made by artists working with Wood, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.38 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $1,400,000, while the average work sells for $4,500.