Abstract 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
Sonntags im Museum (19)
Located in Berlin, DE
Sonntags im Museum (19)
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her sp...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Have a look
Located in Berlin, DE
Have a look
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty, bes...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Sonntags im Museum (17)
Located in Berlin, DE
Sonntags im Museum (17)
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her sp...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Sonntags im Museum (18)
Located in Berlin, DE
Sonntags im Museum (18)
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her sp...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
On the way / Unterwegs
Located in Berlin, DE
On the way / Unterwegs
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her spe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Blue, my favorite colour
Located in Berlin, DE
Blue, my favorite colour
Mixed
Acryl on canvas
With this work Betty Schmidt combines photography and painting. The subject - created by the "gestural photography" in the camera and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Die Frau in Grün
Located in Berlin, DE
Die Frau in Grün
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Gracefully crossing the space
Located in Berlin, DE
Gracefully crossing the space
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
La Piazza
Located in Berlin, DE
La Piazza
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Schatten der Tänzerin
Located in Berlin, DE
Schatten der Tänzerin
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her spec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Think about
Located in Berlin, DE
Think about
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty, bes...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
The conversation
Located in Berlin, DE
The conversation
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Schatten mit Hut
Located in Berlin, DE
Schatten mit Hut
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Der weisse Hut
Located in Berlin, DE
Der weisse Hut
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Serenade
Located in Berlin, DE
Serenade
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty, beside...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Die Frau in Rot
Located in Berlin, DE
Die Frau in Rot
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her specialty,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Sonntags im Museum (9)
Located in Berlin, DE
Sonntags im Museum (9)
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, her spe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Wall Canvas 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery recently presented "Listening in the Silence" — our first solo exhibition of work by Chaco Terada, a native of Japan who has called Dallas home since 1992. Born ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Gravity - Bulle d'air 04 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Bulle d'air 04 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form can...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled 156 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 156 (Abstract photography)
C print - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his ph...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Mid- Century Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas, Landscape Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Bleed # 202041 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202041 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, co...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
End Point (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
End Point (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the N...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
EM2020-20 (Abstract new media)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM2020-20 (Abstract new media)
Pigment on watercolor paper - Unframed.
Edition of 10.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Pigment
New York City Multiple Exposure - Rich Magenta
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color.
Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers.
Sig...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled 215 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 215 (Abstract photography)
C print - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his ph...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
aROUNDme 19 - Photo by Giulio Gonella - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful photograph aROUNDme 19 was shot by the Italian photographer Giulio Gonella.
Print on hahnemuhle photo rag paper from the series aROUNDme...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Spring Sessions II, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Aren't we all waiting for Spring? I do for sure! I can't wait to see bright colors hidden in green grass, maybe a dash of a spring sprinkle - and after it everything is even more glo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic
Spring Sessions I, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Aren't we all waiting for Spring? I do for sure! I can't wait to see bright colours hidden in green grass, maybe a dash of a spring sprinkle - and after it everything is even more gl...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic
The Jazz Building In North Beach, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Street scene and architecture in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
EM2020-20 (Abstract new media)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
Pigment on watercolor paper - Unframed.
Edition of 10.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Ea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Reflections In Central Park Pond Of Skyscrapers
Located in Miami, FL
Autumn reflections in Central Park pond with duck.
Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled 110/3
Located in London, GB
C Print. Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his photographs. This work is edition 7/15.
...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
'Istan Petal' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Istan Petal' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
A bugonvilia petal floating on water in Istan, Spain.
Beautiful Archival Pigment Print.
24 x 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
View (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
View (Abstract Photography)
Unique - Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Signed by the Artist at the back.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of the highest a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Untitled 136 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 136 (Abstract Photography)
C print - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his pho...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Bleed # 202021 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202021 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Edition: 1/3.
Paul Snell combines tra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Untitled 134 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 134 (Abstract Photography)
C print - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his ph...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Passing Through 2 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Passing Through 2 (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bleed # 202167 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202167 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Paul Snell combines traditional and digital techniques to explor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Passing Through 1 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Passing Through 1 (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fall (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Fall (Abstract photography)
Black and white photogram - Unframed
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the N...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photogram
To and Fro 3 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
To and Fro 3 (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Haight-Ashbury Architecture and Groovy Man
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Haight-Ashbury in full bloom. I single Hippie like figure is framed perfectly in the doorway to give this beautiful urban graphic scale. The image ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Radius (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Radius (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the New ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
EM-84 Protector 2 (Abstract new media)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Each work in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Unlock (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Unlock (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the New ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Division (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Division (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the Ne...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flight 2 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Flight 2 (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works in the Ne...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Passing Through 2 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Passing Through 2 (Abstract photography)
Silver Gelatin Print - Unframed.
Tenesh Webber is a Canadian artist who works in abstract black and white photography. She lives and works ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Streets of Kowloon (navy), Hong Kong - Abstract color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Streets of Kowloon Navy, part of Richard Heeps series photographing on the streets of Hong Kong in Kowloon in 2016 this stunning abstract piece is so striking in a room.
The whole 20...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Royal Poinciana Abstract in Lavender, Purple and Green
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping is $100.
Art made by God.
The first photo enlarged should be most accurate for color. You will see delicate purple, lavender and green hues
Shot with a Hi-res 36 megap...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Trace # 201901 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Trace # 201901 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Magnetic radiation 14 (Large) (Abstract photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 14 (Large) (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
' Istan Petal ' Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
Located in London, GB
' Istan Petal ' Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
A Bougenvillia petal floats on the surface of a swimming pool.
(photo Stuart Möller)
Archival Pigment Print sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
The Streets of Kowloon (gold), Hong Kong - Abstract color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Streets of Kowloon Gold, part of Richard Heeps series photographing on the streets of Hong Kong in Kowloon in 2016 this stunning abstract piece is so striking in a room.
The whole 20...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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