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
Color Therapy - Glitch Art/Framed
By Oz Van Rosen
Located in New York, NY
Archival Print on Acrylic. Abstract. Glitch Art. Vibrant Colors. Deep, vibrant hues framed with white wooden two inch border.
About the Artist:
Oz u...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract City - Ephemeral Golden Building New York Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract City - Ephemeral Golden Building New York Architecture
Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings fine...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Water Reflection, Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Blue, Black
Located in New York, NY
Water Reflection, Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
$1,260 Sale Price
31% Off
Water Reflection, Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Red, Black
Located in New York, NY
Water Reflection, Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
$1,260 Sale Price
31% Off
Mondrian Boogie Woogie Updated By Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Perpendicular lines of white and yellow, rectangles of yellow, and white bands of equal proportion define this overhead Manhattan intersection. As an afterthought, it's a nod to Mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vintage Car Against Colorful Striped Yellow Wall - Primary Colors
Located in Miami, FL
To a color photographer, color is a creative resource unto itself.
In a blandscape of dull grays and browns, the hyper-bright yellow wall with prim...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hedge Fun - Star Island, Miami Beach - Slim Arrons forgot to shoot the Shrubs
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Star Island is home to billionaires, socialites, jet-setters, and the celebrities of the world. Hedge Fun - Star Island, Miami Beach - Captures what Slim Arrons...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Inkjet
Hedge Fun - Sunset Island2 - Miami Beach - Street Art by the Rich
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Website and monitors render color differently. Green sometimes becomes more saturated. I think the mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography.
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars is a grab shot. The result is a vibrant interplay of primary colors. Blue bars and blue jeans merge with yellow hair and yellow shoes...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
A Contrast of Two Art Styles - Graffiti Bus & Blue Umbrella on Rainy Day
Located in Miami, FL
A contrast of two art styles describes this street photograph. A school bus-covered chaotic brush-stroked graffiti is juxtaposed with a symmetrical, color field-like umbrella compose...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful Paint Cans in Red, Orange, Blue and Turquoise
Located in Miami, FL
A pile of empty and discarded colorful paint cans inadvertently becomes an artful abstract still life in itself. Documented through the keen lens of st...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Mid- Century Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas, Landscape Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Hedge Fun - South Beach - Miami Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The true color is most accurate in the 1st image when you expand it to the larger size.
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
New York City Abstraction - Street Photography: Literally
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. From an elevated vantage point, Street Photographer Mitchell Funk shoots down on a busy midtown Manhattan street and composes the image so that it's as...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blurred Colorful New York Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, Dated and Numbered lower right, 4/15, printed later, Unframed, other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Las Vegas Motel with Mid-Century Street Sign and Palm Tree
Located in Miami, FL
Gaudy commercial street signs for cigarettes visually align with a mid-century Motel sign to form a formal composition of vertical and horizontals. Pioneering color photographer, Mi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Signs and Shapes Primary Colors , Modern Photography Cover by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover , August 1978 ( Editors flipped the image. The correct way is yellow arrows on bottom
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15, Unf...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
South Beach Life Guard Station in Red, Yellow and Blue
Located in Miami, FL
South Beach's iconic and colorful lifeguard station is a mecca for tourist snapshooters. Veteran color photographer Michell Funk reexamines this subject as an abstract hard-edge col...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"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
Hedge Fun - Collins Avenue Miami Beach - Blue
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Art by the Rich. Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Large blue boxwood balls stand next to a long teal blue boxwood hedge
Beautiful landscaping greets visitors as they approach sophisticated residences along Miami's fabled Collins Avenue. Hedge Fun...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Quintessence
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Darryll Schiff (Chicago, 1948) is an American contemporary artist specializing in photography based in Chicago, Illinois. He is one of Chicago's most influential artists.
In 2016 the 24 x 56 foot vinyl mural of his photograph “Descending to Heaven” - illuminated photography mural...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Young girl in an Couture Pink Dress, Fashion Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The interplay of light and shadow, greys and magenta transform a portrait of a flamboyantly dressed young girl into an optically engaging abstraction composed of alternating patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue Central Park South with Kelly Green Roof
Located in Miami, FL
The Plaza Hotel in New York City looks differently in this detailed view. Photographer Mitchell Funk has honed in on a less studied part of the historic French Renaissance-inspired ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Dawn
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
"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
Street Repair becomes Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
A worker using industrial paint to repair street asphalt inadvertently creates street art. It wasn't his intention to make an artistic statement. His was a purposeful utilitarian e...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
"JM Basquiat-GB3" Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 48" inch Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"JM Basquiat-GB3" Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 48" inch Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Title: Basquiat se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - BT 013
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - BT 03
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - SB 07
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea -SB 04
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Cracked Paint Abstraction Chinatown San Francisco Mural, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A painted wall advertisement becomes an abstract work of art through the lens of Mitchell Funk. San Francisco is known for is a rich environment of...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
30x40” River Landscape - acrylic mounted 30x40
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series available exclusively through gallery. This series is largely influenced by the abstract expressionist field paintings of the 40’s and 50’s with a nod to Gerhar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
30x45in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - mounted, ready to hang
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Colorful Victorian Fairytale Houses, San Francisco Blue and Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other sizes are available and the fine art photograph is...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Beautiful Flower Woman on Fifth Avenue Easter Parade, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The merger of human and plant forms is complete with a lovely young woman dressed in an elaborate flower hat. The beauty and warmth of her floral outfit are matched by her smile.
Si...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
The Jazz Building In North Beach, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Street scene and architecture in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Silver Man and the Tank - Primary Colors, Staged Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This is a straight photo without a photoshop strip in. The silverman is from a trophy and is being held in the left hand of the photographer while his Nikon is in his right hand. It's an on-location shot set against three colorful fuel tanks...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Man Tree Duet
Located in Miami, FL
It's a dance performed by man and nature. Both gesture in unison as a pair. Defined by their dark expressive outlines, these shadows are revealing the true nature of the objects t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract art photography - Fluidity in Color Series - Purple Reign -sold framed
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This series presents various fleeting imagery depicting the fleeting nature of various transient substances and states of nature. The aesthetic patterns evolve from the fluids in motion. Modern Art Etc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photograph - Classical abstract structures n.16
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Modern Art Etc presents this series of abstract classical forms in balck and white archival pigment prints.
The photographer was trained at the Centr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Ferns and a Hint of Magenta. Sculpture Garden
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Natural shapes become abstract living plant sculptures. With the right light and composition, a garden is really a sculpture garden. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this 19...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract View Of Crowds On Fifth Avenue, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Crowds of people in blurred motions on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated, and numbered 2/15, lower...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
White Roses, Red Roses, Butterflies, Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 4/15, lower right, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
'Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Urban Art Bus Driver and Graffiti, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art comes to the intersection of street photography.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Old Boats In Iceland With Blue Reflections In Water, Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Blue and yellow reflections of fishing boats in the water with tones blue and yellow.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Haight-Ashbury Architecture and Groovy Man
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Haight-Ashbury in full bloom. I single Hippie like figure is framed perfectly in the doorway to give this beautiful urban graphic scale. The image ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Yellow Flowers and Pink Flowers in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Nature transforms into abstract colors and shapes as it's sculptured by a defining late light. Fine Art photographer Mitchell Funk exagerates color and uses color less as a means of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Street Art: Literally. New York City Rainy Day with Purple Umbrella
Located in Miami, FL
City road workers inadvertently become modern-day Steet Artists. Mitchell Funk in a continuing series, captures the colorful diagram mark-ups that city road crews use to plot out th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flock of Birds over New York City Rooftops ( Abstract Photography )
Located in Miami, FL
A flock of birds hovers above snow-covered Manhattan rooftops. The image is as much about an overall composition in abstract art as it is a document of group avian behavior. Signe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Brick Building Facade Street Scene in New York City by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late light skims off the brick facade of a historic red brick building in Manhattan. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk creates an image that is both a realistic document of an urban...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colorful Street Art Reflected in Car - Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk achieves a heightened a dramatic effect of color as he shoots the reflection of the street art in a car. Through Funk's lens, the car becomes the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wooden Row Boats: Green, Blue and Red, Central Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
You do not see boats like this anymore.
Stacked old wooden row boats in Central Park form a beautiful abstract pattern with fading paint.
Signed dat...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Tiger III : nature photography
Located in New York, NY
Roslyn Meyer’s lens plays on the surface of soft undulating ripples; reflecting sky, flora and fauna, as well as the man-made world. These abstract images...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New York City Multiple Exposure - Rich Magenta
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color.
Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers.
Sig...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage mid-century motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and printed late...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
《人间四月》April
By Fu Wenjun
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fu Wenjun, 1955, is a famous Chinese contemporary artist. He creates principally through the art media of photography, installation, sculpture and oil painting, and has put forward t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Liquid Gold Diptych
Located in Fairfield, CT
German-born Christine Matthäi’s fascination with photography and film began during her early teenage years. She studied and graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Ber...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
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.