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
Montauk Reflections #39 Ltd Ed of 10
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Commercial Fishing boat reflections. Ltd Ed of 10. The art can be inside or outside with no visible loss of resolution. Gallery wrap fini...
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
Montauk Reflections 1 - Ltd Ed - 2/10
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Archival Ink. Photograph. Commercial fishing boat reflection. Shot in Montauk. Can be hung horizontally as well. Produced by Dye Sublimat...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Metal
Two Boots and an Umbrella - Red and Black Color Field Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. A downward view of a wet monochromatic Manhattan street references color-field painting. Flat geometric sections of color are accented by an alternati...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
How The Rich do Street Art - Sunset Island, Miami Beach - Red Bushes
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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
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 Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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
Blue Buildings, New York 1970, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
This transcendent image by art photographer Mitchell Funk's "Blue Buildings, New York 1970" is generations ahead of its time. Executed in 1970, it pushed the boundaries of color pho...
Category
1960s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Street Art New York City in Pink and Green
Located in Miami, FL
Street Art is today's dominant contemporary aesthetic. It abounds every day and in on potentially everything. Colorful chairs and tables are complemented by colorful wall murals in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mysterious Beautiful Young Woman Peers though and Green Blinds, Fine Art Photo
Located in Miami, FL
The effect of an abstract painting in green-blue is created when street photographer Mitchell Funk snaps a picture of a restaurant window. A vase with yellow and pink flowers frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Statue Of Liberty Framed By Trees And Streetlamp In Battery Park, New York
Located in Miami, FL
Statue Of Liberty and New York Harbor is framed with a light post and silhouetted of trees.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas
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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Fashion Red Hat in Paris
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Hat in Paris. Style above it all.
A graphic statement in red, black and green
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Printed later. Unframe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Color 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 Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Fashion Red Hat in Paris
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Hat in Paris. Style above it all.
A graphic statement in red, black and green
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Printed later. Unframe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Abstract Street Signs and Shapes, Modern Photography Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover , August 1978
This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper . The work is ...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Abstract Reflections in Madison Avenue Store Window, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Mannequin in store window on Madison Avenue in New York City.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right r...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Hedge Fun - Flamingo Park Miami Beach - Violet Purple
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. The natural phenomena of trees and shrubs is augmented by the added illumination effects of violet and purple. Nature provide the basics and then man manipulates them. The result is "Hedge Fun - Flamingo Park...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Psychedelic Hippie Guitar Player Groovy Washington Square Park
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-Camera Multiple Exposure with colored filters and emulsion match burn on 35mm slide
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 4 of 15, ...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure
Located in Miami, FL
This in-camera multiple exposure with colored gels is generations ahead of its time.
It was taken 53 years ago and looks very contemporary today.
Mit...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
New York City Marathon Runners Blur
Located in Miami, FL
His early color work anticipates developments in color photography by generations.
In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Mus...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in Blue and Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, unframed, other sizes available
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Pyramids with Terracotta Magenta Art Deco Head
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The timelessness of pyramids is punctuated with a dreamy terracotta classcial head.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available Printed on Hah...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
White Roses, Red Roses, Butterflies, Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, dated, numbered 4/15, lower right, unframed, other sizes available
'Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography ...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Forest of Glass with Bronze Nymph
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Vintage Blue Coca-Cola Coke Sign Coney Island
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Nostalgic old Coney Island Coke signs with a glympse of the rollercoaster create a bold and powerful abstraction
Signed, d...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Colored Geometric Walls, 42nd st. New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Colored Geometric Walls, 42nd st. New York City is what it looked like before they were razes for a new skyscraper. Color field painting meets Color...
Category
1980s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Funky Red Chicken and Girl with Dreamy Blue Dress
Located in Miami, FL
A young girl in a dreamy blue dress takes her red chicken out for a walk.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later Printed on H...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Las Vegas, Del Webb's Mint
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . ...
Category
1990s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Human shapes in repetition with Geometic Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
This work was done generation before digital and photoshop.
Signed, Dated, number Lower left recto, unframed, 3/15 other size available, printed later
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer o...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbers 4/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed , printed later
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Parking Rates
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Red Stop Light. Golden Skyscrapper New York City, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of more than 10 different styles of Color Photography generations ahead of his time. In the pre-digital world of the 1970s, 80's and 90's Funk had more th...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Warby Parker Prescriptions
Located in Miami, FL
In Manhattan, a vintage turquoise sign pops out from a dark background and creates a powerful graphic composition. The fine art photograph is Signed, dated and numbered lower right...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Arrows
Located in Miami, FL
Arrows and Sun, Modern Photography Magazine Cover, August 1978, Created 1976 Signed and dated lower right, numbered and dated on verso, Printed Later, Unframed 4/15. Other size avail...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
San Francisco Geometric Yellow Interior
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated and number lower right, 3/15, printed later, other sizes available. unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wheelbarrows
Located in Miami, FL
Utilitarian objects whose primary purpose is to transport dirt are transformed into beautiful objects of visual pleasure.
Signed , dated numbered on lower right, 2/15, other size ...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Freemont Sign
Located in Miami, FL
Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs. Mitchell Funk doubles down...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Forest of Glass
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around a $100. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Taos Mission, New Mexico- San Francisco de Asis, Mystical Negative Color
Located in Miami, FL
Taos Mission, New Mexico San Francisco de Asis in Negative Color -
The work is Signed dated and numbered lower right, 2/15, Printed Later, and Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine ...
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Guggenheim block, Red Street, New York
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated lower right, numbered on verso, 3/10, other sizes available, not framed, Ink Jet Archival Print
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Purple Street Performer
Located in Miami, FL
Purple Street Performer
Shot in San Francisco.
Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blue Bus. Red Hat
Located in Miami, FL
Blue Bus. Red Hat.
It's a portrait but is more about the interaction of primary colors, shape and precise composition.
Signed, dated lower right and numbere...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sentinel Building
Located in Miami, FL
Sentinel Building is a distinctive copper-green Flatiron style structure is bounded by Columbus Avenue, Kearny Street is shown like never before
Signed , dated lower right and n...
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Trans America Building, San Francisco in Magical Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Old and New
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, . Unframed , Other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Red Hand on Ft. Lauderdale Beach
Located in Miami, FL
Cover, "Mitchell Funk. Color in the 1970's "
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Victorian
Located in Miami, FL
Bold Yellow Color. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Abstract City
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Photo-Abstract impressio...
Category
1980s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cable Car and Motorcycle , San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Graphic and original depiction of familiar scene. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Printed later. Unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lower Manhattan drenched in Magical Light
Located in Miami, FL
Shot from Brooklyn Heights in 1975 - Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed, Other size available.
Mitchell Funk is a early...
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1970s Abstract Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colored Walls, 42nd st. New York
Located in Miami, FL
Color field painting meets Color Photography
Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later
Category
1980s Abstract Color Photography
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.