Abstract Photography
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
Boat Club
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Afternoon Cool
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cafe Streetside 9pm
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sail Classico
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bleed # 202402 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202402 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar sup...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Nocturne
Located in Cambridge, ON
Fine Artist from Georgia
Details: "Nocturne", 2018
Technique: Medium Format Film Photography on Kodak Endura Print
Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Comes with black w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
Stride (motion blur, dream image, daily life, muted colors)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Stride
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 9.4x8 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 92480...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Carts (motion blur, dream image, daily life, vivid colors)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Carts
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 16x20 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hell on Wheels (colorful, abstract, everyday scene, bright colors, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Hell on Wheels
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 10x8 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fern - black and white landscape photography Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Fern'
London, United Kingdom 2024.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
The photograph is signed front and back and co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Eclipse (aka Time Lapse) - black-and-white experimental contemporary photograph
Located in New York, NY
“Eclipse (aka Time Lapse), San Diego, CA” - is a one-of-a-kind location-specific mixed process silver gelatin print (wet cyanotype/cyano-lumen) made with materials I collected from W...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Signed SIlver Gelatin Photograph Christo Wrapped Kunsthalle Cugini Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Kunsthalle, Bern Switzerland (1968)
Vintage silver gelatin print
signed by Christo lower right
Photographed by Thomas Cugini, Swiss (b. 1938)
10 1/...
Category
1960s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bleed # 202337 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202337 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supp...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
'Lilly in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lilly in Charcoal' 2023
Abstract expressionism black and white photography of Charcoal abstract drawing and Lilly.
Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Bleed # 202181 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202181 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supp...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Watch Your Step
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Detroit, Michigan has many photogenic spots in its urban area. This photo was taken in an old Corktown neighborhood that is currently becoming quite chic.
Framing options are availa...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Undo - Analogue black and white abstract expressionism, Limited edition 5 of 10
Located in London, GB
'Undo' 2021
by Ugne Pouwell
Printed on 38x30cm Hahnemuhle fine art paper.
It is a 35mm film double-exposure composition.
Photograph is a limited edition of 10.
Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signed both front and back with Certificate of Authenticity.
Photograph is shipped fast and flat in secure thick cardboard packaging.
Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom.
Her main focus is black and white landscape and floral photography. Mainly using a large format 4x5 Linhof camera to express the timeless beauty of the subject in focus. Many of the influences come from 20th-century photography. She processes her work from start to finish: film processing, scanning and printing.
Awards:
2022 Black Spider Awards, Honourable mention in Still-life
2022 IPA International Photography Awards, Honourable mention in Analogue / Film Fine Art
2021 Mono Visions...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Giclée
Explotion of Life
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.3' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
10000 blue days
Located in London, GB
'10000 blue days'
Mesr Desert, Iran 2016.
Limited edition of 20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
It's a Beautiful Day!
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Sunset
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Beauty is the Best
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Charming
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
Wild
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
'To the moon and back' abstract sunset sky photography, limited edition 14 of 20
Located in London, GB
'To the moon and back' is a photograph of one of the summer evening sunsets. As you gaze at the horizon, you see a plane flying at the perfect horizontal line, set on its journey. Co...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Giclée
Cuts
Located in London, GB
'Cuts'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Paper
Presence - Signed limited edition still life pigment print, Contemporary, Square
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Presence - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 3
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed
This is an Archival Pigment print on f...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...
Gerhard Richter, Zaun: Hand-signed Color Photograph, in Artist's Frame
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932)
Zaun, 2010
Medium: Colour photograph, mounted on white cardboard, in artist’s frame
Print dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Frame dimensions: 23.5 x 28.5 cm
Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Tentation #12- Floral landscape soft pastel color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Changing Moods grey- Floral landscape grey color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Echoes 5" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Echoes 5" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
This artwork printed on a hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Blue Horizon
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Metallic Paper (on board optional)
+can be printed on metal..inquire for pricing
comes unframed.
Inquire about various sizing
Mountains
About the Artist:
Short Biography in a Nutshe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Veil No. 12 (Abstract Cameraless Photograph with Earth Tone Palette on White)
By Birgit Blyth
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract chromoskedasic monoprint on black and white photo paper mounted on aluminum
40 x 18 x 1.5 inches framed
This contemporary, abstract style chromoskedasic monoprint was creat...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Monoprint
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition 2 of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Bleed # 202102 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202102 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 3/3.
Snell creates small production runs, printing each unique work in...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
The Self Representation of Light #412, 2 x Luminograms as one work
Located in London, GB
It's really majestic piece. It's grand in size and its got a very beautiful and impressive contrast in shades.
This piece is something very special... two Luminograms in one work of...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Glass, Oak, Archival Paper
Pastel #3
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is truly unique, making his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
The Flow of Light under Water
Located in London, GB
THE FLOW OF LIGHT UNDERWATER 2019 Being fascinated with light and water led me to explore how light travels in the sea - often caught on the backs of fish as they dart and swerve int...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram
Pario #3
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is truly unique, making his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Pastel #2
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is truly unique, making his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Pastel #4
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is truly unique, making his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Pastel #1
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is truly unique, making his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Pario #4
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to still-life photography is truly unique, making his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Near the Church - abstract black and white landscape depicted in the Luminogram
Located in London, GB
NEAR THE CHURCH, 2016
Unique Luminogram Silver Gelatin Print, Framed; Framing options available, also can be shipped unframed if preferable
Framed; museum mount board, white metal fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
Untitled (Visual Candy)
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Visual Candy)
Photo collage, c. 2008
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches
Support Sheet size: 17 x 14 inches
Pet...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colorful New York City Facade with Blue, Yellow and Red Squares like Mondrian
Located in Miami, FL
Mondrian came to New York City in the 1940s, and the city's real-world grid-like street design inspired him to create his famous Broadway Boogie-Woogie series, composed of primary co...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Undo No.2 - Analogue black and white abstract expressionism, Limited edition 10
Located in London, GB
'Undo' 2021
by Ugne Pouwell
Printed on 38x30cm Hahnemuhle fine art paper.
It is a double exposure film composition.
Photograph is a limited edition of 10.
Printed on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Signed both front and back with Certificate of Authenticity.
Photograph is shipped fast and flat in secure thick cardboard packaging.
Ugne Pouwell is a fine art photographer originally from Lithuania. Today she makes most of her creative work in London, United Kingdom.
Her main focus is black and white landscape and floral photography. Mainly using a large format 4x5 Linhof camera to express the timeless beauty of the subject in focus. Many of the influences come from 20th-century photography. She processes her work from start to finish: film processing, scanning and printing.
Awards:
2022 Black Spider Awards, Honourable mention in Still-life
2022 IPA International Photography Awards, Honourable mention in Analogue / Film Fine Art
2021 Mono Visions...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Giclée, Photographic Film, Black and White
Abstract Mixed Media Artwork, "Geo Mural #98 - Panel 27"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a mixed media artwork by Monty Montgomery. Its dimensions are 48 x 71 x 2.5 and it is Aerosol on Custom Panel with UV Gloss Varnish. A certificate of authenticity will follow...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Varnish, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Untitled Photograph Collage
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Photograph Collage
Collage with 5 photographic elements, 2007
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Condition: Excellent
Image Size: 5 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches
Support Sheet:...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fern - black and white landscape photography Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Fern'
London, United Kingdom 2024.
It is a still life black and white film photograph, made with a large format 4x5 Linhof camera.
The photograph is signed front and back and co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Untitled (Subway Turnstiles)
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Subway Turnstiles)
Collage with 6 photograph elements
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Condition: Excellent
Image Size: 5 7/8 x 8 inches
Support Sheet: 14 x 17 inc...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Micros #4
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
C-Print, framed with museum glass
Size is excl. frame
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Micros #3
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
C-Print, framed with museum glass
Size is excl. frame
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Micros #2
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
C-Print, framed with museum glass
Size is excl. frame
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Micros #1
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
C-Print, framed with museum glass
Size is excl. frame
Marcel Christ (1969) is a still life photographer and director of short films, based in Amsterdam.
Marcel Christ’s approach to...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Thomas Ruff, PHG.S.01 - Chromogenic Print, Abstract Photography, Signed Print
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
PHG.S.01, 2020
Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: 11 4/5 × 9 2/5 in (30 × 24 cm)
Edition of 100: Hand signed and numbered, verso
Condition: Mint
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
He Said 03 and 02, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
Located in Miami Beach, FL
He Said 03 and 02, Diptych, 2022 by Angelica Tcherassi
From the series "Power"
Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs
Overall size
Sheet size 27.5 H x 39.2 W inches.
Image size: 23.6 H x 33 W...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
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Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract photography 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 photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Michael Banks, and Seb Janiak. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pigment Print 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 photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography 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 $50 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,359.
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