Abstract Color 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
Seascape (Blue) - Limited Edition Abstract Color Photography - Digital Print
By Susan Daboll
Located in New York, NY
Seascape (Blue) is an abstract limited edition fine art minimal color print by photographer and graphic artist Susan Daboll.
Digital Print Size is 31" x 48".
Limited Edition of 50 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Digital
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 Color Photography
Materials
Metal
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 Color Photography
Materials
C Print
China Town San Francisco - Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Large horizontal areas of aquamarine blue at juxtaposed with magenta and yellow create a dynamic and lively pictorial surface for a San Francisco facade
signed and dated on lower r...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Man Watching Sunrise, Hangzhou, China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Man Watching Sunrise, Hangzhou, China, 2011
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Color 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 Color 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 Color 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 Color Photography
Materials
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 Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Jet Ski Water Sport Action Wave Race in Blue Water
Located in Miami, FL
A Jet Ski - Wave Runner race is documented from an elevated position to be as abstract as it is representational. Diagonal white trails of waves extend behind each colorful Jet Ski l...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Murmuration - Unique Abstract Colour Print, Custom Framed
Located in London, GB
Murmuration, 2024
Hand printed C-Type Print, Float mounted in custom made frame, finished with antireflective art glass
Print size: 20 x 25 cm, Framed: 35.5 x 37.5 cm (as seen on 1st...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper, C Print, Archival Paper
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 Color Photography
Materials
Metal
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 Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Aesthetically, this image is generations ahead of it's time. It looks so contemporary but was done in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 198...
Category
1980s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
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 Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
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 Color 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 Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Montauk Reflections #23 Ltd Ed of 10
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Archival Ink. Commercial fishing boats reflection. Can be hung horizontally as well. Produced by Dye Sublimation - which means archival in...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Metal
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 Color Photography
Materials
C Print
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 Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Times Square in Pieces
Located in Miami, FL
Billboard fragments of breasts, cropped heads of people, helter-skelter pedestrians, heroic bronze statues and tourist bus riders form a neo-cubist composition where disparate elemen...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Shanghai Skyline (Dawn), China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Shanghai Skyline (Dawn), China, 2011
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 59 x 59 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Color 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 Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
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 Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
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 Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Shanghai Night II, China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Shanghai Night II, China, 2011
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 59 x 59 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
Metal
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mar Ligure
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 an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Las Vegas Neon Signs Fremont Street, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
An abstract view of the classic Las Vegas Neon signs on Fremont Street at sunset. Bold reds, pinks, and blues work with the dramatic Nevada sunset. Th...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
Aluminum
$4,350
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Divers II A
Located in New York, NY
Mario Arroyave
Divers II A, 2013
C Print on plexiglass
39.50h x 39.50w in
100.33h x 100.33w cm
Edition 2/5 + 2 A.P.
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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 Color 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 Color Photography
Materials
C Print
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 Color Photography
Materials
Aluminum
$4,350
Untitled #x
Located in New York, NY
Rodolfo Choperena
Untitled #x, 2016
Digital print on metal
36 x 48 in
(91.44h x 121.92w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Metal
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 Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Flatiron Building Multiple Exposure
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated lnumbered ower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later
This work is decades ahead of it's time. An in camera multiple exposure...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Classic Art Deco Marlin Hotel Miami Beach, South Beach, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Puffy clouds over Marlin Hotel on Collins Avenue in South Beach, Miami Beach.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Colony Hotel Ocean Drive, South Beach at Night Tropical Neon Reds and Neon Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Tropical Colors abound in this photography of South Beach. Ocean Drives Neon light show is in full display in this Mitchell Funk photograph. This archival color photograph by fine ...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
9170 - Ed 1/8 - Mounted on Plexiglass - Could be vertical as well
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract feel - close up of blue hues.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stun...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Graffiti Street Art Photograph in Red and Green
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti-clad New York City Street scene with wall shot by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk in his trademark colorful style. In Funk's oeuvre co...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
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 Color 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 Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Platinum
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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 Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"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 Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Divers II B
Located in New York, NY
Mario Arroyave
Divers II B, 2013
C Print on plexiglass
39.50h x 39.50w in
100.33h x 100.33w cm
Edition 2/5 + 2 A.P
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Crown Chakra
Located in New York, NY
Rodolfo Choperena
Crown Chakra, 2016
Digital print on metal
30 x 30 in
Edition 1/3
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Metal
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 Color 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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chakras Diagonal
Located in New York, NY
Rodolfo Choperena
Chakras Diagonal , 2010
Digital print on metal
36 x 48 in
(91.44h x 121.92w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Abstract color photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract color 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 color 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, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Michael Banks, Stuart Möller, and Carol Inez Charney. Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are also available. Prices for color 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 $4,141.
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