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
Red Boat - Still life colour photography, limited edition of 5
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Red boat'
Printed on archival paper with museum-grade precision, this limited edition work balances mystery and simplicity.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Paper
#153, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Pigment
#150, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#147, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#135, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#128, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#127, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#109, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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"Absent" Portraits of Hidden Wounds, Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Absent / From the series of Portraits of Hidden Wounds / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2023
Dimension: 48 x 36
External Dimension( with white border) : Height: 48....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Red Boat - Still life colour photography, limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Red boat'
Printed on archival paper with museum-grade precision, this limited edition work balances mystery and simplicity.
A photograph is carefully placed in a secure cardboard ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Paper
#124, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#123, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#122, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#115, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#114, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#108, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#105, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#104, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#103, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#101, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#98, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#97, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#93, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#93, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#91, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#82, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#79, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#78, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#74, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#71, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#68, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#88, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#44, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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Abstract Dancers, Dark Blue 1 by Giles Revell - Figurative, Abstract Photography
By Giles Revell
Located in Brighton, GB
Abstract Dancers, Dark Blue 1, 2019
Archival Pigment Print in this size of 50cm x 50cm in an edition of 15
Please contact the gallery for further details on the oversize print of 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
Faces2 - Part Of Un·I·Den·Ti·Fi·A·Ble Series, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
part of un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble series – inspiration was to work with a portrait and distort the image until the face became invisible.
"removing identities until the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
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Photographic Paper
"Rothko on the Savannah: 14-3" (2014) Archival Abstracted Texture Photo Print
Located in Denver, CO
"Rothko on the Savannah: 14-3" Is a beautiful original edited photography print, done on archival photo canvas.
Daniel J. Kaufman (b. New York City, May 4th, 1949) Childhood in Grea...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Canvas
#235, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#163, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#165, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Hearin Gaia 02, From the series The Journey. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
Melting Curves, Blue Tones Monotype Cyanotype on Paper, Unique Abstract Piece
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This unique monotype cyanotype, rendered in rich blue tones, invites the viewer into a dreamlike rhythm of interwoven shapes. Created using the cyanotype process, this one-of-a-kind ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
Looking Glass
By Susie Loucks
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Time lapse photograph
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Ink
Framed still-life photograph w/ white cast foot, antler, bone & potatoes, #2322
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is framed in a narrow, natural maple finish frame...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
#255, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Foliage, Abstract Photograph, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
extension from the un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble series – process was to go into the file's data and alter the dimensions of the picture, causing it to distort differently ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
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Photographic Paper
#46, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#27, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#25, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#24, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#22, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#257, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#259, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#14, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#11, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#225, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#129, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#244, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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