Abstract painting on canvas by Tomasz Cichowski.
Minimalism Paintings For Sale
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Minimalist paintings are characterized by clean, simple shapes and the deliberate absence of emotional expression. If you appreciate minimalist principles in art, decor, or lifestyle, we encourage you to explore the wide array of minimalist paintings for sale on Saatchi Art. In contrast to expressionist paintings, minimalist art attempts to represent nothing external to the work itself. This results in paintings stripped of all but the essential visual elements pictorially depicted within the work. Renowned minimalist artists include Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman, and Kenneth Noland.
Frank Stella, known for his minimalist “Black Paintings” series (1959-1960), is one of the most famous painters in the movement. For this series, he drew stripes and various line patterns on thick canvases painted with black house paint. Robert Ryman used a very minimal color palette, creating white monochrome works like “Untitled” (1961) that instead played with texture and scale. Agnes Martin is known for finely detailed grid paintings such as “White Flower” (1960). Other artists known for their minimal compositions include Ellsworth Kelly, Kenneth Noland, Barnett Newman, Sol LeWitt, and Yves Klein. Saatchi Art has thousands of minimalist artworks for sale from hundreds of artists worldwide.
Minimalism arose in New York in the early 1960s, when many artists reacted against the then-popular abstract expressionist movement. These artists moved away from gestural brushstrokes and emotive colors, instead focusing on minimal palettes, geometric shapes and lines, and industrial mediums. Artists sought to blur the distinction between painting and sculpture and aimed to create objects as opposed to expressive representations of their inner emotions. The movement drew from the geometric shapes of the Russian Suprematists and the iconic readymades of Marcel Duchamp, evolving into an aesthetic characterized by clean lines, few colors, and geometric forms. Artists today still create minimalist artwork inspired by the movement.
Minimalist art paintings generally exhibit simple compositions of geometric shapes, lines, and solid colors. Artists often emphasize the materiality of the work to remove signs of the artist’s touch. Early minimalist artists, for example, used industrial materials such as scrap metal and light bulbs to further remove their works from the realm of art. For minimalist paintings, artists similarly used thicker canvases to align their works more closely with sculptural objects than with expressive creations with metaphorical messages. The solid fields of color in these paintings also further distanced these works from the artists who created them.
Minimalist Art Paintings
To grasp the concept, check out these 10 happening modern minimalist art paintings ideas that would inspire and compel you to pick up your paint brush and dip it in the ocean of colors and for that, you must have the knowledge of different kind of paintbrush and their uses.
Feeling Blue
It’s unfair to relate sadness to the idiom ‘feeling blue.’ No one can ever feel sad or dull by looking at the rising and falling waves of the vast ocean. Draw an ocean, and paint the ups and downs of the waves blue. The best thing is it’s easy to draw and at the same time, it highlights the conflicts rising within the artist’s mind.
Monochromatic Minimalist Art Paintings Ideas
The colors black and white are made for each other. A monochromatic painting is way full of depth and insight. Express yourself through a monochromatic portrait of yourself reflecting pieces of your soul. If you face difficulty in drawing facial features, you can just draw an outline by using a thick brush in a zig-zag manner giving the illusion of a face.
Minimalist Graphic Design
Penny for your thoughts is so 2017. Revive your day by giving geometrical shapes to your imagination. Paint multi-colored triangles together and unleash your creativity. You can use two contrasting colors for each triangle. It’s always fun to paint a picture with geometrical shapes.
Landscape Minimalist Art Paintings
Remember painting a sun and a hut when you were a kid? Relive your childhood, by painting an orange sun, an ocean full of beautiful waves depicting the highs and lows of our life and a small brown hut that could be your new happy place. Envision your future by reliving your past and I am sure the idea of landscape painting will really amaze you when it completes.
Go Green for Minimalist Art Paintings
Go Eco and show how magnificent nature is by painting pine trees with green branches on a white background. Draw a world filled with greenery in the form of flora all around us with happy human faces or even birds chirping.
Pets Minimalist Art Paintings
Black And White Horse Minimalist Art Paintings
Pets are our friends for life. Paint a picture of your pet, sitting by your side or trying to catch a ball. You don’t even have to wait for inspiration to come find you because your inspiration is already there wiggling its tail at you.
Go With The Flow Minimalist Art Paintings Ideas
Abstract Contemporary Modern Minimalist Painting by California Daily Painter JJ Jacobs
Dip your brush into watercolors and sprinkle it on the canvas and set a great example of watercolor painting. Then dip it into a different color, you can do it for as long as you’d like. Art has no time limitations. Wait, till you witness the magical chaos you created. It will be one of the best paintings of your life.
Mood Swings
Depict mood swings in your painting through a portrait of a person. Use grey color to paint the body and black to clothe your inspiration. Get quirky by adding a colorful umbrella or crunchy leaves lying on the road ready to be stepped on by your person. Show the seasonal changes through facial expressions.
Here Comes The Dark Minimalist Art Paintings
Show the cycle of day and night by painting the soft glowing light where the sun is just below the horizon. Paint a picture and show what twilight means to you. It’ll be a soothing experience.
Anatomy
Bob Marley Minimalist painting
Minimalist Paintings by Erin Cone
Is there anything more surreal than a human body? Every human is beautiful, showcase this fact through your modern art painting. Let people see there is nothing to feel conscious about. Tell people our body is meant to be an amazing gift nature has provided us with.
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Minimalist Paintings Of Domestic Interiors
Abstract painting on canvas by Tomasz Cichowski.
Minimalist Abstract Landscape Canvas Print
Green Fern Watercolor Minimalist Painting by Joanna Szmerdt
Cat Painting Minimalist by CanotStopPrints
Carylon Killebrew
Abstract Landscape Painting Gray Modern
Minimalist Canvas by Blochs
There are no limitations when it comes to Happening Modern Minimalist Art Paintings Ideas. Explore your wild side, and ride along. We all deserve a little time out every once in a while.
38 Minimalist Bedroom Ideas Even Maximalists Will Love
Personal style and aesthetic preferences aside, we can all agree that minimalism is having a major moment—and science gives it even more clout. For example, according to this study at the University of Southern California, cluttered homes are linked to increased stress levels and depressed moods. So there really is a life-changing magic behind the KonMari method. And since your bedroom is the place you go to restore, relax, and reflect, minimalism can be especially impactful there.
I’m not saying you should just throw everything in your bedroom away and it call it day. In fact, minimalist design doesn’t translate to stark and boring. It’s about scaling back to create calming and thoughtful spaces. To prove it, here are 38 examples of minimalist bedrooms that the Marie Kondos of the world and maximalists with a penchant for anything extra will both love.
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Simplicity at Its Finest
Fantastic Frank
Excuse me while I swan dive straight into this heavenly bedroom. Though there’s not a lot going on, it projects a strong sense of personal style. That’s thanks to the details, from the frameless round mirror to the wrinkled linen bedding and plain black metal side table.
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A Careful Balance
Danielle Colding Design
In a small bedroom, have fun with color, shape, and prints, but don’t go overboard. Take a cue from this bedroom designed by Danielle Colding if you’re wondering how to toe that fine line. The studded headboard adds a touch of embellishment but blends right in with the neutral wall and accent pillow for a smooth, easy aesthetic. Then the crisp bedding lightens up the warmer tones and the deep velvet throw pillows add some color while still keeping decor to a minimum.
