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
Day Dream
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10.
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Chrysler Building in Multiple Exposure of Blue and Magenta
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building may be one of the most photographed buildings in the world, yet Mitchell Funk imagines it unlike any tourist snapshot. This colorful kaleidoscope-like image was...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Anemorphose Cabo Verde #4
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
Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur - Mitchell Funk Street Photographer
Located in Miami, FL
Embracing a need to innovate in color photography in 1975, Mitchell Funk, takes a new approach to the interpreting the New York skyline. In "Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur" Funk depicts the vibrant emotion of the city rather than a straight forward document of it. The blur technique and subject matter are a perfect fit for the city that never sleeps.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso. Edition: 2/15 Unframed, other size available printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Beginning in the late 1960’s, Mitchell Funk has spanned 5 decades of photo innovation.
He’s a 10 trick pony...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
$6,750 Sale Price
25% Off
Beach Day, Maui, Hawaii
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Beach Day, Maui, Hawaii, 2011
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x 50 inches Edition of 3
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mesh, South China Sea, Traverse, 2011
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Mesh, South China Sea, Traverse, 2011
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for frami...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mannerport after Monet, Etretat, Normandy, France
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Mannerport after Monet, Etretat, Normandy, France, 2017
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. As...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Airbus Karman, Airbus A319, Toulouse, Blagnac
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
After Vincent Van Gogh: Almond Blossom 1890, 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
Anemorphose Cabo Verde #9
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
Shark Bay (Square 10), Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Shark Bay (Square 10), Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x 50 inches Edition of 3
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
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
Cosmica #4, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #4, 4 Elements, Earth, 2012
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
SPL 13
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Charney writes of her process: “For many years, I'd been trying to combine painting and photography with very contrived results. O...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
$4,350
Street Photography in New York - People Minimized to Colorful Abstract Shapes
Located in Miami, FL
New York City pedestrians form a graphic pattern integrating with a colorful green construction wall and an orange day-glow concrete traffic barrier.
Three orange day-glow stripes e...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Darkness Below - Abstract Marine Scene in Cobalt Blue with Colorful Accents
Located in Miami, FL
Viktor Schreckengost paints an ocean scene and moon with precise attention. The painting is part document and part flat abstraction. The uniqueness in this work is how Schreckengos...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Acrylic
Street Art from the Rich -Hedge Fun - Sunset Island - Miami Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is.
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-heeled homeowners, high-e...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
June Melody - Abstract Print on Museum Glass with White and Silver Leaf
Located in London, GB
JUNE MELODY, 2017
Printed on museum glass, hand finished with White Gold and Silver leaf
61 x 61 cm (including frame), 45 x 45 cm (glass size)
Edition of 5 (Each individually hand gi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,885 Sale Price
40% Off
Nothing Has Changed (framed)
Located in New York, NY
40"x 60" framed photograph, edition of 5
This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and depicts bails of recycled metal. It is presented framed and m...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Dye Painting #9
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf utilizes layers of painted silk and mineral pigments to add luminous depth to her exquisitely moody abstract landscapes.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Birch, Mixed Media, Mica
Berlin
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Michel Piquette: chromatic cities
By Anaïs Castro
It is the luminous colours of Michel Piquette’s works that first catch the eye. His chromatic circles that stir up vision take ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
"Line of Cows" Contemporary Abstract Aerial Landscape (Color Photograph),
Located in New York, NY
20"x30" limited edition of 5 archival pigment print photograph, signed by artist. Horizontal lines and a sandy, grey beige gradient along the surface of this grazing field create a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Helipad, Contemporary Abstract Color Photograph, limited edition
Located in New York, NY
28x30" limited edition of 5, signed on reverse by the artist. The graphic markings on a helipad are composed by the photographer, Zoe Wetherall, to give a sense of pattern and rhyth...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Trimmings
Located in New York, NY
40"x 60" unframed photograph, edition of 5 (signature and edition on reverse)
This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty withi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
$6,000
Think Back To All This
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
In the digital age, we collectively photograph everything all of the time. But how much does anyone remember from a scene or a moment when looking at a digital photo? Someone could g...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Chicago 24, 1965
Located in Miami, FL
Great Price.
The Art Institue of Chicago
Signed, named and dated verso, Chicago 25, 1965, Printed 1965
Archivally Matted but not framed
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neon Bar and Grill Sign Tenderloin at Night Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a glowing beacon to the thirsty. Inkjet archival print. Signed and dated on lowe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Remedy Weekend (Pink) metallic paper
By Wendy Small
Located in New York, NY
40"x32" photogram, metallic paper
Wendy Small’s “Remedy” photograms are made by collecting leaves, weeds, or flowers from a specific place (indicated in the title) and placing those ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
After Leonardo Da Vinci: Mona Lisa 1 1503, 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
After Claude Monet: Chrysanthemums 1897, 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
SPL 6
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Charney writes of her process: “For many years, I'd been trying to combine painting and photography with very contrived results. O...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
$4,350
Chrysler Building Top, Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver
Located in Miami, FL
In the is photograph "Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver", the photographer makes a statement about new and old architectural forms.
Signed dated and number...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $1000.
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Terracotta 10
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated verso
1961
Matted with archival board. Not framed
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard L. Menschel
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,700 Sale Price
26% Off
Wall Scratches
Located in New York, NY
C Print Photograph, signed on reverse
available as 30"x45" edition of 5
This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty within d...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
High Angle View Of The Colony Hotel On Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Located in Miami, FL
Closeup view of neon top of Colony Hotel at night on South Beach, Miami Beach.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Abstracted NYC Photograph, Susan Wides, 'The Bubble (Park Ave 2)'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'The Bubble (Park Ave 2)' 2000 by Susan Wides. Chromogenic print, 50 x 40 in. C-print of Park Avenue from the Bubble Series by photographer Susan Wides. Colors in black, white, gray ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Nautilus
By Harold Town
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Harold Town (1924-1990) remains one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters from the "Painters Eleven" group.
While Town coined the group's name (based on the number of artists who simply attended their first meeting) his output was diverse, ever-changing and not restricted to painting.
Somewhat ironically, Town's first significant body of work, which established his reputation, was a group of monotype - which he called "Single Autographic Prints"
Town was introduced to lithography by fellow Painters Eleven member Oscar Cahen...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Monotype
Embryon 6
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Laurent Lamarche’s objects strike a scientific chord in contrast to an art world overwrought with digital spectacles and ominous critique. Lamarche’s work bares a rigorous formalism ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides, The Bubble (Madison Avenue)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
Digital c-print of an abstracted Madison Avenue, in New York City, in red, blue, black by Susan Wides. Signed verso.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Spring Sessions II, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Aren't we all waiting for Spring? I do for sure! I can't wait to see bright colors hidden in green grass, maybe a dash of a spring sprinkle - and after it everything is even more glo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic
Spring Sessions I, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Aren't we all waiting for Spring? I do for sure! I can't wait to see bright colours hidden in green grass, maybe a dash of a spring sprinkle - and after it everything is even more gl...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic
The Flow of Light under Water
Located in London, GB
THE FLOW OF LIGHT UNDERWATER 2019 Being fascinated with light and water led me to explore how light travels in the sea - often caught on the backs of fish as they dart and swerve int...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram
$9,784 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides The Bubble (Rockefeller Center, March 10, 2014)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
Abstract photograph of Rockefeller Center in New York City by contemporary photographer Susan Wides, in silver, gold, black, and blue.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is best known fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
The Guggenheim Museum Reaches Out
Located in Miami, FL
Museum in a car - The artsiest of art museums is artfully depicted in street photographer Mitchell Funk's imaginative photograph. A passing red car with similar curvilinear forms has the museum's facade reflected in its roof window...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan White Dog among Autumn Leaves , Minimalism
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photographer Mitchell Funk depicts New York City somewhere between the ideal and the real. In an Upper East Side park, he shoots a lone white dog standing at the intersection ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Head Girl in the Bowery - Graffiti Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A graffiti street scene in New York City becomes a semi-abstract picture.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Freemont Street Neon Lights Shine in Vintage Las Vegas - urban photography
Located in Miami, FL
Historic Downtown Las Vegas was famous for Illuminating the night with glowing neon. Photographer Mithcell Funk has captured the essence of old Freemont's street. The Mint, Binion'...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
2632 - Double Splash - 1/8 - Diasec - mounted on plexiglass - can be vertical
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract feel - close up of rough seas. B/W. Can be vertical.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stunning seasc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
The Kitchen Drawer - An overwhelming source of detritus... everyday objects
Located in London, GB
The Kitchen Drawer
Simply an overwhelming source of detritus...
'Detritus' series was born from the twin frustrations of lockdown halting all planned projects, yet litter still somehow being dropped in abundance on my street.
With no idea of the final output, or indeed the hygiene implications, I started to collect, scan, and record what I found. When I realised these colourful misshapen objects could be turned into something beautiful, the frustrations left me and I began looking for other sources of Detritus.
These collages gave me purpose during the pandemic and allowed me to grow something beautiful from a place of frustration. My aim is to simply give viewers of the work a fleeting moment of calm.
Unable to shoot anything, I’ve been making collections of things I find on the ground and scanning them to create composite images of otherwise ignored or discarded objects." - George McLeod...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Times Square during snowstorm and American Flag
Located in Miami, FL
Tight and graphic compositions with creative lighting are a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work.
Signed, Dated, number Lower left 2/15 recto, unframed, other size available
Mitchell F...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Times Square Theater Posters Morosco Theatre. FORTY CARATS
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022 this does not seem like a big deal. But 53 years ago in 1969 it was quit...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Into the Next Future One
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In my work, I explore the tension and interaction between inner experience and physical form, with notions of depth and spatiality playing a central role. My artworks embody thoughts...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Platinum
Floating Future Seven
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In my work, I explore the tension and interaction between inner experience and physical form, with notions of depth and spatiality playing a central role. My artworks embody thoughts...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Platinum
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Extraterrestrial Plantation
Located in Paris, IDF
Photograph on canvas, edition of 15
Vibrant Archival ink print on Epson matte finish Canvas. Canvas print with museum finish archival inks lasting more than 50 years in vibrancy and...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Rocknrollartishow
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
78 x 78 cm - 30.7 x 30.7 in = $2200
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Rosh
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Grrr
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
80 x 80 cm - 31,5 x 31,5 in = $1,800
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
Joyful Birds on Roof of a Pink, Summer Beach House East Hampton, Abstract Photo
Located in Miami, FL
Three Gulls sit atop a colorful pink and white beach house near East Hampton. The lead gull is captured with his wings spread and poised to take flight. The picture evokes the summ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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.