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
Dark Cloudy Shapes, Mid-Century Modern Kidney Forms, Blue and White Transparency
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Dark Cloudy Shapes" is a blue tones stunning handmade monotype that features an intricate interplay of mid-century modern shapes, all rendered in shades of blue. These shapes are ex...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Watercolor, Monotype, Rag Paper
10000 blue days
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'10000 blue days'
Mesr Desert, Iran 2016.
Limited edition of 20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Wolfgang Tillmans, Texte zur Kunst Edition 2018: Photography, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Wolfgang Tillmans (German, born 1968)
Texte zur Kunst Edition 2018, 2018
Medium: Inkjet print on paper
Dimensions: 29.5 × 21 cm (11 3/5 × 8 3/10 in)
Edition of 100: Hand-signed and n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
#223, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Sandstill No.3 - abstract mixed media photography, Limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Sandstill No.3
London, United Kingdom 2021
From limited edition of 20.
The photograph is signed front bottom right corner and comes with a certificate of authenticity, signed dat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Giclée
Pillow III./ Photography/ Signed/
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow III. photography belongs to a concept of three photographies done on a sole bank in a park. Will be signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$373 Sale Price
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Shadow
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
abstract photography, signed by the author, limited 3.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
$258 Sale Price
88% Off
Colméia. From the Trama series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The interlacing of what sustains In the series Trama, Eduardo Rezende turns his gaze to the hidden structures of the built environment — the elements usually concealed beneath the po...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
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
Stilbon (Seven)
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
Untitled (W.O.F 2-16)
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 (W.O.F 17-16)
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 (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
Untitled (W.O.F 15-2)
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
Pillow II. /Photography / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow II. photography belongs to a concept of three photographies done on a sole bank in a park. Will be signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Rhythm, 2023
Located in Miami, FL
A study in light, geometry, and repetition — Rhythm transforms an architectural façade into an abstract composition of texture and shadow. The warm glow of the setting sun softens th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Rilievo, Unique work + 1 AP, Unique size
Located in Miami, FL
From Eduardo Rezende’s new series Rilievo, this photograph treats the skin of architecture as a sculptural field. Curved partitions fold into one another, casting measured shadows th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
' 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
Breathe # 202503 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Edition: 1/3
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the screw-eye system if it needs support from wire or above.
Available in 4-5 weeks turnaro...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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
#68, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Close to the Sea. From The Lavori in Corso series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Anesthesia - underwater photograph from series REFLECTIONS - acrylic 36x54"
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
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Pigment
$3,840 Sale Price
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Thomas Struth, Wall Detail, James Simon Galerie, Signed Photograph, Architecture
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Struth (German, born 1954)
Wall Detail, James Simon Galerie, Berlin, 2019
Medium: Inkjet print back-mounted on Alu-Dibond, set in archival cardboard (as issued)
Print dimensio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Cardboard, Inkjet
Pink Flight - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum 28” x 36”
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This dreamy underwater fine art photograph captures a woman suspended in soft coral and rose-toned waters, creating a feeling of weightless freedom. The gentle pink palette ranges fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Landscape #24
Located in New York City, NY
Daniel Mansur
Abstract Landscape #24
Canvas Fine Art - Framed
Archival Pigment Print
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Kuss - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White
$2,057 Sale Price
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#218, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#217, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#216, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#215, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#214, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#213, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#212, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#211, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#210, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#209, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#208, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#207, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Desert Sunrise (22 x 13 abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyano...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Voyeur, 2024
Located in Miami, FL
From Eduardo Rezende’s Lavori in Corso series, this work contemplates the quiet intervals within construction—those suspended moments when form is still becoming. Shadow, texture, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Strata # 202501 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Unique.
Paul Snell is an Australian artist who blurs the boundaries between photography and painting, creating contemplative works that replace constant image saturation with moment...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Concrete
Untitled 1994: still life photograph w/ coffee cups & abstract shadow patterns
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Table Top" series, which is one of t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
"Erosion #1", Abstract, Tree, Roots, Landscape, Black and White Photograph
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Erosion #1” was photographed on the shoreline of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. The textural beauty is natures own art form. The 18 x 12 inch abstract blac...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Voyeur. From The Lavori in Corso series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Waves. From the Trama series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The interlacing of what sustains In the series Trama, Eduardo Rezende turns his gaze to the hidden structures of the built environment — the elements usually concealed beneath the po...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Papel Corten. From the Trama series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The interlacing of what sustains In the series Trama, Eduardo Rezende turns his gaze to the hidden structures of the built environment — the elements usually concealed beneath the po...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Birdie. From The Lavori in Corso series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
"Acacia ARW4" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Acacia ARW4" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Acacia series
Title of artwork: ARW4
Year: 2020
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Guard, Seversky at 12 Guardsman, Chino, USA
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.500
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.500
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 7.100
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 9.100
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Arranha-céu. From the Trama series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The interlacing of what sustains In the series Trama, Eduardo Rezende turns his gaze to the hidden structures of the built environment — the elements usually concealed beneath the po...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Lavori in Corso. From The Lavori in Corso series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Two Faces: black & white framed photograph, male & female figures, abstract
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Two Faces" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) of a man and woman in an embrace from artist Jenny Lynn's "Little Rituals" series. I...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Dripping Paint, Graffiti Forms in Blue Tones, Floating Abstract Shapes on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, invites the viewer into a dreamlike rhythm of interwoven shapes. Created using the cyanotype process, this one-of-a-kind ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
Rastro VIII 2008 by Concha Prada Color Digital Photograph Edition of 3
Located in Madrid, MD
Spanish artist Concha Prada (born 1963, León, Spain) explores the boundaries between photography and painting, using photographic language as a means to reflect on pictorial space an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
#199, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Clear
By Susie Loucks
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Time lapse photograph, archival pigment print.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Looking Glass
By Susie Loucks
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Time lapse photograph
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
#148, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Lumina # 202210 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Lumina # 202210 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas Box - Unframed.
Edition: 1/3
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole op...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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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.
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