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
New York City Street Photography - Ephemeral Car Reflections
Located in Miami, FL
On a busy Manhattan street, unnatural light reflects off of windshields and forms a mind-bending abstraction of colors and shapes. In the background, four male mannequins stare at th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Urban Art Bus Driver, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art come to the intersection of street photography.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fin...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Prayer
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
Elevation 3
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
Étendue: Hommage à Charles Gagnon
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
It is within the locality of the dream where we are at once sentient of ourselves within a multitude of reflections. The momentary awareness of self reveals transitions between those...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Enamel
5447 - Edition 1/8 - can be horizontal or B/W - Diasec - Mounted on plexiglass
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract - can be horizontal or vertical.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Pool Donuts" original framed and signed photograph by Roman Crescimanno
Located in Dallas, TX
This finely framed photograph beautifully captures a moment of tranquil abstraction. The image features the silhouette of pool donuts resting on the bottom of a pool, their round sha...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Still
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
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
$10,000
Sydney Opera House, Modern Photography Cover , Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover, February, 1987 Triple exposure of silhouetted men on a hill, against plexiglass colored shapes echoing the bold iconic architectural curves of the opera h...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Sacral Chakra
Located in New York, NY
Digital print on metal
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Embryon 11
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
Embryon 10
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
Bowery Street Scene with Abstract Graffiti
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th-century red fire call box is smothered in street advertisements and graffiti. It dominates the left half of the composition. Behind i, a street-l...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Something More Than 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
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Vert Meta Graphic 002
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Origami 001
Located in Paris, IDF
Collages on handmade paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Entre Vous & Nous
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Jaune Meta Graphic 002
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Lévitation Effect 003
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Optique Effect 001
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Effect Mirror 002
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Noir/ Blanc Meta Graphic 03
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Apparition ( ) Disparition
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Sepia Meta Graphic Lettre 8
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
French Contemporary Art by Jean-Claude Byandb - Autoportrait Virtuel 001
Located in Paris, IDF
Photography on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Handmade Paper
Street Art from the Rich - Palm Beach in Magenta and Orange with Lizard
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. This image is somewhat reminiscent of Monet's Haystacks in shape and use of backlighting. Use the 1st image for more accurate color. Palm Beach is Hedge Heaven with some of the most beautifully manicured streets in the United States. Hedge Fun - Palm Beach - Captures what Slim Arrons...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Something Happened
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Archival inks and acrylic on canvas. Gallery wrap continues the images on all the borders. Vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
Kat is an award-winning photographer, mixed m...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink, Acrylic
Embryon 7
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
Yesterday’s Faded
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Episodic / Épisodique consists of the continuation of my most recent photographic production, which explores the possibilities of representing the abstract contemplative sensation wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Deck Chair Casual Abstraction with Raking Light and Shadows
Located in Miami, FL
Deck chairs randomly positioned on an Upper East Side balcony are captured by Photographer Mitchell Funk. Raking light produces abstract long shadows giving the overall arrangement of elements a casual abstract look. In the center of the composition is a yellow and green chair with colors...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Elevation 2
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
I Wonder Will We Really Remember
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
Never Know If It’s Real
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
Multiple Exposure of Colorful Flowers St. Patrick's Cathedral
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1971, and most photographers were shooting in black and white. Fine Art Photography was not yet in the mainstream vocabulary of museums — almost no art galleries considered or ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Haze
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A viewer standing in front of the work of Henri Venne might feel simultaneously at home and confused. A seamless merging of photographic and painterly elements, Venne's images at onc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Waiting for the Colour of Spring
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A viewer standing in front of the work of Henri Venne might feel simultaneously at home and confused. A seamless merging of photographic and painterly elements, Venne's images at onc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Nothing of This Remains
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
It is within the locality of the dream where we are at once sentient of ourselves within a multitude of reflections. The momentary awareness of self reveals transitions between those...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Bar and Grill Neon Sign - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Located in Miami, FL
Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a beacon to the thirsty. Chromogenic archival print. Signed and dated on lower r...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
He Keeps Playing With My Heart + Until The Heart Breaks - Diptych/Framed/Fabric
By Oz Van Rosen
Located in New York, NY
Archival Print on Fabric. Abstract. Glitch Art. Vibrant Colors. Red and black hues. Beautifully framed with one inch deep gold frame. Individually ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Fabric, Archival Pigment
I like Mine Pink In The Middle - Glitch Art/Framed
By Oz Van Rosen
Located in New York, NY
Archival Print on Acrylic. Abstract. Glitch Art. Vibrant Colors. Pink hues. Beautifully framed with white two inch deep wooden frame.
About the Ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Third Eye Chackra
Located in New York, NY
Digital print on metal
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Empire State Building And American Flags, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Upward view of American Flags against deep blue sky with Empire State Building in the background.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Amanda Seyfried at a Fedex in Kinko's in West Hollywood 1/2/20 - abstract
Located in Atlanta, GA
This work features hues of pink, purple, green and yellow.
This photograph is an archival inkjet print, mounted to Sintra and face mounted to polished acrylic, edition 1 of 1. Frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Unseen New York. Manhattan sky line in pinks, golds and blues
Located in Miami, FL
Unseen New York conjured up images of secret hideaways, architectural details, or some undiscovered treasure. Mitchell Funk gives a new twist to the term "unseen". His subject matt...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Abby Champion & Patrick Schwarzenegger - Out for lunch at Kreation, 10/29/20 III
Located in Atlanta, GA
This work features hues of pink, purple, green and yellow.
This photograph is an archival inkjet print, mounted to Sintra and face mounted to polished acrylic, edition 1 of 1. Frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chacras 13
Located in New York, NY
Rodolfo Choperena
Chacras 13, 2016
Digital print on metal
6 x 96 in
(15.24h x 243.84w cm)
1/3
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Pegasus Mythical Winged Divine Horse Vintage Sign. Mid Century Street Signs
Located in Miami, FL
Red and white gas station signs and parking signs form an abstract pattern in an early example of color photography from 50 years ago in 1972.
Signed ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Car Back Toronto
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell extracts color from a seemingly boring landscape. Eye-popping saturated primary colors, and an unexpected camera angle defines his visual style and springboards him into a c...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Expressionist, Contemporary, Water
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by artist.
Custom...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Expressionist, Contemporary, Water
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by artist.
Custom...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
'Undercurrents (3/20/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 14 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (1/30/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 24 by 80 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (1/23/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 19 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (8/14/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 15 by 40 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (9/12/21)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 15 by 40 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (5/1/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 20 by 75 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (4/17/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 14 by 44 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (3/27/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 15 by 40 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
'Undercurrents (5/14/22)' - abstract photography - black and white photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This photograph is of an edition of 10. Paper size is 13 by 40 inches, this listing is for an unframed print. Additional sizes are available.
Atlanta-based photographer and master ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Carbon Pigment
Pink Cab - Florescent Abstract Photograph of New York City
By Pico Garcez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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