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The Most Famous Artworks of Abstract

The 60 most celebrated works of the Abstract genre, ranked by renown across 3,068 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight
    Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight Piet Mondrian · 1903
  2. Untitled
    Untitled Katsushika Hokusai · 1804
  3. Temple Gardens
    Temple Gardens Paul Klee · 1920
  4. Untitled
    Untitled Katsushika Hokusai · 1799
  5. The Village
    The Village Fernand Léger · 1914
  6. Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)
    Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II) Wassily Kandinsky · 1912
  7. The Inn
    The Inn Arthur Dove · 1942
  8. Drawing XIII
    Drawing XIII Georgia O'Keeffe · 1915
  9. Mechanical Elements
    Mechanical Elements Fernand Léger · 1920
  10. Untitled
    Untitled Morton Livingston Schamberg · 1916
  11. The Bargeman
    The Bargeman Fernand Léger · 1918
  12. PRISM
    PRISM Dagobert Peche · 1922
  13. May Picture
    May Picture Paul Klee · 1925
  14. One Who Understands
    One Who Understands Paul Klee · 1934
  15. White Lines
    White Lines I. Rice Pereira · 1941
  16. Variations (Progressive Motif)
    Variations (Progressive Motif) Paul Klee · 1927
  17. Clarification
    Clarification Paul Klee · 1932
  18. La Kash-Ne
    La Kash-Ne Paul Klee · 1933
  19. Untitled
    Untitled Arthur Dove · 1940
  20. Monuments at G.
    Monuments at G. Paul Klee · 1929
  21. Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue
    Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue Piet Mondrian · 1927
  22. Falling Bird
    Falling Bird Paul Klee · 1919
  23. The Barbed Noose with the Mice
    The Barbed Noose with the Mice Paul Klee · 1923
  24. Four Parts
    Four Parts Wassily Kandinsky · 1932
  25. Structural I
    Structural I Paul Klee · 1924
  26. Composition
    Composition Piet Mondrian · 1921
  27. North German City
    North German City Paul Klee · 1930
  28. Untitled
    Untitled Shibata Zeshin · 1837
  29. Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms
    Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms Paul Klee · 1920
  30. Tower in Orange and Green
    Tower in Orange and Green Paul Klee · 1922
  31. Collection of Figurines
    Collection of Figurines Paul Klee · 1926
  32. ZIGZAG BRAID
    ZIGZAG BRAID Dagobert Peche · 1922
  33. Southern Gardens
    Southern Gardens Paul Klee · 1919
  34. The Hour Before One Night
    The Hour Before One Night Paul Klee · 1940
  35. Composition no. III with red, yellow, and blue
    Composition no. III with red, yellow, and blue Piet Mondrian · 1927
  36. Black Square (1930)
    Black Square (1930) Kazimir Malevich · 1930
  37. Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow
    Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow Piet Mondrian · 1930
  38. Painterly Realism of a Football Player - Color Masses in the 4th Dimension
    Painterly Realism of a Football Player - Color Masses in the 4th Dimension Kazimir Malevich · 1915
  39. Painting with Troika
    Painting with Troika Wassily Kandinsky · 1911
  40. Sunset
    Sunset Paul Klee · 1930
  41. Painting with Green Center
    Painting with Green Center Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  42. Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red
    Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red Piet Mondrian · 1935
  43. Harmonized Region
    Harmonized Region Paul Klee · 1938
  44. Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)
    Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  45. Composition with Blue, Yellow, and Red
    Composition with Blue, Yellow, and Red Piet Mondrian · 1927
  46. Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales)
    Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales) Paul Klee · 1917
  47. Interieur mit der Uhr (Interior with the Clock)
    Interieur mit der Uhr (Interior with the Clock) Paul Klee · 1913
  48. Dante and Vergil in the Underworld
    Dante and Vergil in the Underworld Edvard Weie · 1913
  49. Black Square (1915)
    Black Square (1915) Kazimir Malevich · 1915
  50. Composition VI
    Composition VI Wassily Kandinsky · 1913
  51. Sketch for Composition V
    Sketch for Composition V Wassily Kandinsky · 1911
  52. Birds
    Birds Franz Marc · 1914
  53. The Lamb
    The Lamb Paul Klee · 1920
  54. Movements
    Movements Marsden Hartley · 1913
  55. Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray
    Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921
  56. Houses at Murnau
    Houses at Murnau Wassily Kandinsky · 1909
  57. After Xhorkum
    After Xhorkum Arshile Gorky · 1941
  58. Red Yellow Blue White and Black
    Red Yellow Blue White and Black Ellsworth Kelly · 1953
  59. George Gershwin-I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
    George Gershwin-I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise Arthur Dove · 1927
  60. Composition
    Composition Paul Kelpe · 1936