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
CoCreate 03, From the We Are One Series. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
He Said 01. From the series Power. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A New Life 02, Print. From the The Journey series. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Heterotopia #46 by Karine Laval - Abstract Nature Photography, Neon Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #46' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Into the void 03, From the series Portal. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Healing 01, From the The Journey series. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Reflection of Fish Under Water, Pool Monotype Cyanotype in Blue Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Emulsion, C Print, Monotype, Photogram, Lithograph
Look Up 02, From the series Return to Source. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A New Life 01, From the series The Journey. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A part: abstract photograph w/ nudes & text on black from hand-etched photogram
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"A part" is a black & white framed archival pigment print (photograph) from a hand-etched photogram from artist Jenny Lynn's "Personal Myths" series. Includes images of nudes, glove...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Untitled 29, Paris From The Series Of Public On Paper. Black & White Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White
Untitled 17, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
That Same Old Love 02, From the series Universe Within. Abstract color photo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Heterotopia #64 by Karine Laval - Abstract Nature Photography, Neon Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #64' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Knot
By G.K. Austin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
C-Print mounted on acrylic board
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
$3,800
Temporal Perception 142A (Triptych) (Abstract photography)
By Serge Hamad
Located in London, GB
Temporal Perception 142A (Triptych) (Abstract photography)
Archival C-Print — Unframed.
Edition: 1/12
Available in 2 weeks turnaround.
Sold as a triptych. Each element size is: 45 x...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Alice - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 25 x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Alice” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Heterotopia #45 by Karine Laval - Abstract Nature Photography, Neon Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #45' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Metamorphosis" Mid-Century Abstract Painting by Pawel Kontny, Textured 1960s
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Denver, CO
Discover the striking beauty of “Metamorphosis,” an original abstract painting by celebrated mid-century artist Pawel Kontny (also known as Paul Kontny). Created in the late 1960s to...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Marble
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
The Scream - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 16 x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An abstract composition capturing the dramatic interplay between vibrant crimson and stark white elements. The photograph presents a swirling vortex of deep red textures that dominat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Rose Form - An Abstract, Fine Art Pigment Print, Mounted and Custom framed
Located in London, GB
"Exploring new formats, techniques and ideas provides me with the foundations to all of my work. Since 2006 I had purposely avoided colour, and due to physical restrictions in the sm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Photogram, Archival Pigment
Untitled 32 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 16 Miami, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Reflections by Giorgio Baroni Black and White Photo on Steel Panel Italy 2015
Located in Brescia, IT
This surprising abstract photo of a natural landscape, has picked by the well known Italian photographer Giorgio Baroni.
The white reflections are look...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Steel
Untitled 24 NY. From The Series Of Public On Paper, Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 4 NY. From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Stilbon (Five)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Stilbon
Stilbon in the ancient Greek religion, is the sky god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury, and one of the Astra Planeta. The word, Stilbon, means sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled 11, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Button OR? Photography Print Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography - print, limited of 15, signed by the author. The item is a lamp, which evoked to me a button (which I hate in principle).
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
$401 Sale Price
59% Off
For the Anniversary
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
Hole 3 - Abstract, limited, signed, print/photography
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography / art print, limited 1/5, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
$286 Sale Price
86% Off
Untitled (W.O.F 04-11-14)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Breathe # 202205 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Breathe # 202205 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Artificial Blast, 2009, From The Series Of While You Are Sleeping
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
‘While you are sleeping’ (Seascape Series) In his seascape works, Sukan manipulates his imagery connected to the constant tensions between the mental grasp of the specificity and rep...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
At Play in the Fields (lacrosse, female athletes, sports, night, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
At Play in the Fields
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 17x22 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-939
Mot...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stilbon (Six)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Stilbon
Stilbon in the ancient Greek religion, is the sky god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury, and one of the Astra Planeta. The word, Stilbon, means shining.
All works are contact p...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nishiki 3
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
Anesthesia - underwater photograph series REFLECTIONS - archival pigment 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Anesthesia” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paysages approximatifs (diptych)
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A viewer standing in front of the work of Henri Venne might feel simultaneously at home and confused. A seamless merging of photographic and painterly elements, Venne's images at onc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Blanco 8, 2010 - Limited Edition Digital Photographic Print on Cotton paper
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Blanco 8 is a 30cm x 30cm digital print on 50cm x 50cm cotton paper in a limited edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Rosa Basurto is a self-taught photographer from Spain who, within ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Untitled (W.O.F 15-1)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled 16, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 13, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled 28 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 31 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper, Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 15 Istanbul, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled (W.O.F 15-41)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stilbon (Three)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Stilbon
Stilbon in the ancient Greek religion, is the sky god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury, and one of the Astra Planeta. The word, Stilbon, means sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stilbon (One)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Stilbon
Stilbon in the ancient Greek religion, is the sky god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury, and one of the Astra Planeta. The word, Stilbon, means sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
PHOTOGRAM
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ROI PARTRIDGE (1888-1964)
PHOTOGRAM c 1940
Gelatin Silver Print c. 1940 9 ½ x 7 ¾ signed & titled. Mounted on card. Partridge was a well known California etcher. He was married...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Glory (abstract photo, muted colors, street scene)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Glory
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 20x16 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-936
Bright abstract motion-blur image of a street crowd. Archival pigment print on lightly textured cotton rag paper.
abstract photo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nishiki 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
The Moon Lay 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
Temporal Perception 365 (Diptych) (Abstract photography)
By Serge Hamad
Located in London, GB
Temporal Perception 365 (Diptych) (Abstract photography)
Archival C-Print — Unframed.
Edition: 1/12
Available in 2 weeks turnaround.
Sold as a diptych. Each element size is: 45 x 30...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Temporal Perception 119 (Diptych) (Abstract photography)
By Serge Hamad
Located in London, GB
Temporal Perception 119 (Diptych) (Abstract photography)
Archival C-Print — Unframed.
Edition: 1/12
Available in 2 weeks turnaround.
Sold as a diptych. Each element size is: 45 x 30...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
A Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype, "Emptiness is Form 3"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 12" diameter Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper executed by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticit...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alice - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 16 x 23"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Alice” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
' 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
Hole 2 - Abstract, limited, signed, fine art print
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography/ fine art print, limited 1/5, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Abstract abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract 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 abstract 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, red, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Seb Janiak, and Michael Banks. 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 abstract photography, so small editions measuring 2.38 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract 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 $105 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,580.