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
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
Trace # 201902 (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
Résonance - water drop 84 (Large)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print - Unframed.
Edition 4/5.
In his Résonance series, Janiak explores the role of sound in creation. Taking inspiration from sacred texts from multiple spiritual tr...
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
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
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
Cosmica #84, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #81, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Wooden Row Boats: Green, Blue and Red, Central Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Stacked wooden row boats in Central Park form a beautiful abstract pattern with fading paint.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Bleed # 202022
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
rosadue
Located in New York, NY
Paper size is 30 x 25 inches, image size is 20 x 15 inches
Signed, dated and numbered
Pigment print on Kodak Metallic paper, there is a 5 inch border around the image which enhances...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Track Lines" Large Scale Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Horizontal stripes of white and brick red are masterfully composed to capture an elemental pattern within a track field. The textured green and beige ground activate the overall fie...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled 176
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
Untitled 213
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
San Francisco Victorian House in Colorful Red Yellow and Blue, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Is this colorful Victorian in San Francisco a painting or a house? It's both. Veteran photographer Mithcell Funk documents the painted house in a precise composition to highlight i...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Orb # 202003
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
Orb # 201906
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
Cherry Blossoms, Champs de Mars, Paris, France
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Cherry Blossoms, Champs de Mars, Paris, France, 2017
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x 50 inches E...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Haight-Ashbury
Located in Miami, FL
Haight-Ashbury in full bloom. I single Hippie like figure is framed perfectly in the doorway to give this beautiful urban graphic scale.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
orizzontale
Located in New York, NY
Paper size is 30 x 25 inches, image size is 20 x 15 inches
Signed, dated and numbered
Pigment print on Kodak Metallic paper, there is a 5 inch border around the image which enhances...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Hover # 201915
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
Art Deco Marlin Hotel On South Beach, Miami Beach with Hot Colors
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage pink Cadillac car in front of the classic art deco Marlin on Miami Beach.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Hover # 201914
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
Hover # 201913
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
Urban Landscapes - Serie 1492 - N° I
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland
Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin.
Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Urban Landscapes - Serie Urbanus N° XXV
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland
Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin.
Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Résonance - water drop 84 (Medium)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Résonance series, Janiak explores the role of sound in creation. Taking inspiration from sacred texts from multiple spiritual traditions, he p...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Cuarto Oscuro (espejo)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Digital print mounted on Diasec with lead
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
Intersect # 201803
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
NY # 201802
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: 2/3.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
$5,276 Sale Price
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Cosmica #45, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #45, 4 Elements, Earth, 2016
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Gravity - Liquid 02 (Medium)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Gravity, Liquid series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot exist without an environment. There are the visible...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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
You can write my biography but you can't have my soul
By Tina West
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 25.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled 109
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 : "Tupperw...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Gravity - Liquid 58 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 58 (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
Morphogenetic field - Beluga Caviar (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Morphogenetic field - Beluga Caviar (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Morphogenetic fields series, Janiak examines the visi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Magnetic radiation 11 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 11 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofl...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Photon 06 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Photon 06 (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
Magnetic radiation 99 (Medium)
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
Résonance - water drop 251 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Résonance - water drop 251 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Résonance series, Janiak explores the role of sound in creation. Taking inspiration from sa...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Gravity - Liquid 04 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity - Liquid 04 (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
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5
In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Vintage Las Vegas- Fremont Street Neon Signs, The Mint, Old Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
The neon signs of Fremont Street's casinos are more than just documented by photographer Mitchell Funk. They are carefully composed as if it were a studio still life with each elemen...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Aluminum Siding Bale
Located in New York, NY
60"x40" framed photograph
This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and depicts bailed Aluminum Siding.
The recycling industry in America and its va...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Estuary, Shark Bay, Western Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Estuary, Shark Bay, Western Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also avail...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Edge, North American B25 Mitchell, Oshkosh, USA, 2012 - Aero series (Air)
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 43 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
44 x 71 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 78 in
Edition of 9...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Exocet, North American B25 Mitchell, Oshkosh, USA
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.200
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.200
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 6.800
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 8.800
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Surfer, Perth, Western Australia (Oceans series)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Surfer, Perth, Western Australia (Oceans series), 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
59 x 59 inches
Edition of 5
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cosmica #6 4 Elements Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #6, 4 Elements, Water, 2013
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #36, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #36, 4 Elements, Earth, 2016
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Street Art Houston Street, Soho - Early Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
Early Street Art in New York City documented in color in 1971. Street Art is not a recent phenomenon. The appreciation of it by the art world is. The horizontal white painted lines...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Color
Located in Miami, FL
Funky Colored Victorian . Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Humpback Whales, Kalbari, Western Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Humpback Whales, Kalbari, Western Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lichtblick
Located in Fairfield, CT
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas.
Her LIGHT and SEA series, and all other water related series, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
After Henri Matisse: The Goldfish 2 1912, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Louse Point View, East Hampton
Located in Miami, FL
Louse Point View, East Hampton ,
A harmonious blend of primary colors in the foreground with a muted landscape characterizes this work.
signed and dated on lower right, numbered o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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.