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
Bleed # 202051 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202051 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Edition: 1/...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Hover # 201913 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Hover # 201913 (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
Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Shifting the frame 101 (Abstract photography)
Photography - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Edition of 10 +2 AP - Artworks are printed by the artist on Hahnemühle Fine Ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Loops 1 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Loops 1 (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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photogram
Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 01 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
EM-46 Ratnasambhava (Abstract Photography)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM-46 Ratnasambhava (Abstract Photography)
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 the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form. These reduced images were then printed onto canvases, resulting in what Kane refers to as elemental “representations of the light bodies of the Buddhas.”
Bill Kane...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Orb # 202003 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Orb # 202003 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, conc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Photon 01 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Photon 01 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Photon series, Janiak explores the intrinsic duality of light. The photons we interpret as light exist in a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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-36 Padmasambhara 2
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM-36 Padmasambhara 2
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photograph...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Gravity - Liquid 83 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 83 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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
EM-57 White Tara (Abstract new media)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM-57 White Tara (Abstract new media)
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Untitled 153 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 153 (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
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
Gravity - Liquid 51 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 51 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 2/2.
In his Gravity Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
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
Bleed # 202042 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202042 (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
Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium) (Abstract photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium) (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
EMDL-6 (Abstract Photography)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EMDL-6 (Abstract Photography)
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of ph...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Cycad Baby fine art photograph by Patrick Steel ideal for contemporary spaces
By Patrick Steel
Located in London, GB
A striking photographic study of a baby Cycad, aka King Sago Palm. Often called ”living fossils”, Cycads have changed very little in the last 200 million yea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
"Removal of Self #60" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Removal of Self #60" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
2011
Photo on deconstructed paper
16” x 20” inch
Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columbus Sta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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
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
EM-78 Vajra 3 (Abstract new media)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM-78 Vajra 3 (Abstract new media)
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Magnetic radiation 99 (Large) (Abstract photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 99 (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
EM-3 Vajrayogini (Abstract Photography)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM-3 Vajrayogini (Abstract Photography)
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 the series began its evolution as a scanned image of a Buddhist thangka—a spiritual painting of a Buddhist deity—which was then blurred and stretched until all that remained was a distilled image of color and form. These reduced images were then printed onto canvases, resulting in what Kane refers to as elemental “representations of the light bodies of the Buddhas.”
Bill Kane...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
EM-117 Asanga 6 (Abstract Painting)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM-117 Asanga 6 (Abstract Painting)
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Untitled 153 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 153 (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
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
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
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
"Echoes No.07" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Echoes No.07" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Printed on fujifl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
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
Intersect # 202101 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Edition: 1/3.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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
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
EM-104 Geshe (Abstract Photography)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EM-104 Geshe (Abstract Photography)
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Chance/Fall (11), 2010 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Chance/Fall (11), 2010 (Abstract photography)
C print - Unframed
As the title suggests, Chance/Fall emanates from Caldicott’s improvised method.
This abstract composition with o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Man Watching Sunrise, Hangzhou, China, 2011
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Man Watching Sunrise, Hangzhou, China, 2011
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for fram...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ephemera, Huangshan, China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Ephemera, Huangshan, China, 2017
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Magnetic radiation 99 (Medium) (Abstract photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magne...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Laundry Day, Venice" Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Reflections
Located in New York, NY
"Laundry Day, Venice" Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numb...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Magnetic radiation 99 (Large) (Abstract photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magne...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Magnetic radiation 14 (Medium) (Abstract photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofluids. A ferrofluid is a liquid substance magnet...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Chance/Fall (11), 2010 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
C print - Unframed
As the title suggests, Chance/Fall emanates from Caldicott’s improvised method.
This abstract composition with overlapping and drifting layers of shimmering co...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Trace # 201901 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround
Edition o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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
Untitled 156 (Abstract photography)
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.
As he describes : "Tupper...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Dissolve #201901 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matt Plexiglas - Unframed
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Edition: 1/3 + AP
Paul Snell combines traditional ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Seastar, Lockheed T-33 Silverstar, Chino, USA, 2015 - Aero series (Air)
Located in New York City, NY
Manolo Chretien, France
Seastar, Lockheed T-33 Silverstar, Chino, USA, 2015
27 x 43 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
35 x 57 in
Edition of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Bleed # 202052 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Edition: 3...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
EMDL-9
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
EM-36 Padmasambhara 2
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
Bleed # 202031
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (5...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Bleed # 202012
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (5...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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.