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
Aspen Study II - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study II by Frank Schott
a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
#161, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Pigment
#83, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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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 Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Street Walkers - New York Street Photography Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
The history of street photography has been characterized by a loose snapshot style where the central purpose was to capture random moments as they unfold in time. Little emphasis was...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
#163, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#235, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#63, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Follow U 01, From the series Portal. 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 ...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
#25, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Singularity 01 and It All Moves 01, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
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 Photography
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Archival Pigment
Singularity 02 and It All Moves 03, Diptych. Abstract color photographs
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 Photography
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Archival Pigment
Fern No.2 - black and white landscape photography Limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Fern No.2
London, United Kingdom 2024.
Created using a large format camera and traditional black-and-white film, this photograph exemplifies Ugne’s skill in capturing the beauty of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
Anesthesia - underwater photograph series REFLECTIONS - archival pigment 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Anesthesia” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#107, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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#82, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Set of 3 Photographs. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Pigment
Sail Boats with Two Men in a Boat on a Silver Gray Sea, Monochromatic
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Simmering silver water underpins a group of sailboats punctuated by a small boat in the foreground.
The image takes on the look of traditional Asian art with its simplicity and per...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
HOT Red Photography Signed limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography, abstract, limited edition of 5, will be signed. For me reflecting a very strong emotion.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Seascape XIII - large scale abstract photograph of monochrome seascape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from the artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes
Seasca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pi...
#67, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Pigment
#149_II, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Gaia 107 - Black and White Diptych Waves Crashing on Sand with Natural Plants
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia 107 - Black and White Diptych Waves Crashing on Sand with Natural Plants by Jaume Llorens Bach
Gaia 107 is a 18cm x 24cm Black and White Photographic print on Premio Kozo 180gs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
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Black and White, Digital
#158, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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#153, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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#98, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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CoCreate 02 and 03 Diptych, From the We Are One Series
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 Photography
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Archival Pigment
#22, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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#79, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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2010s Abstract Photography
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I Got Your Back 03 and Healing 03. Abstract color photographs, Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
Pink Sun - Limited Edition Abstract Color Photograph - Square Digital Print
By Susan Daboll
Located in New York, NY
Pink Sun is an abstract limited edition fine art color print by photographer and graphic artist Susan Daboll. This colorful square digital print ships safely in tube.
Print Size is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital, Luster, Paper
#236, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Pigment
Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, black and white photography, cityscape, art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art cityscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited ed...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
I Got Your Back 02 and Healing 02. Abstract color photographs, Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
Into The Void 03 and Be The Eye In the Storm 02, Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
Blue Bird - abstract landscape Photography, Limited edition of 5
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Blue Bird is a quiet study in reflection, shadow, and stillness. A mountain ridge dissolves into deep black, its form mirrored in a soft, spectral blue. The image, flipped and near a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Rothko Series 3: ND2-2-2" (2015) Archival Abstracted Texture Photo Print
Located in Denver, CO
"Rothko Series 3:ND2-2-2" Is a beautiful original edited photography print, done on archival photo canvas.
Daniel J. Kaufman (b. New York City, May 4th, 1949) Childhood in Great Nec...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas
Pando #7, 2018, Karine Laval - Jungle, Woodland, Trees, Color Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
Pando Forest #7 is available in an Edition of 5 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Laval's new body of work continues her ongoing exploration of light in nature. Combining the natural landscape with a radical manipulation of light, Laval creates an other-worldly scape that bridges the gap between our reality and one that could only ever be imagined.
The Pando Forest is an incredible display of vegetation in Utah's Fishlake National Park in the United States. Comprised of over 40,000 individual trees, this forest is really one living organism. Connected by one enormous root system, the forest continues to exist by producing clones of itself in response to environmental stresses.
Creating small, temporary interventions in the organic landscape, Laval takes natural and artificial light and observes the interaction in nature through reflective surfaces. Marine blues and plush magentas describe this living organism, while radiant aquamarines...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
#249, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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#133, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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#122, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#121, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#247, 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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#45, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Black Mountains, long exposure, black and white photography, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Wild Atlantic coast of Scotland with the big mountains in the background. Archival pigment ink print, editi...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
#256, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#74, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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#46, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
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#258, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Ecstasy
Located in Storrs, CT
"Ecstasy" is a classic example of my abstract PhotoLuminism technique. When light travels, the human eye cannot see its trails, but the camera can and does. Capturing images this way...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Metal
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#11, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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I Got Your Back 01 and Healing 01. Abstract color photographs, Diptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
#14, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Set of 2 Cyanotype Photographs. Framed. From the Mareas series
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Pigment
Marine Stadium. Areal Landscape limited edition color photograph
By Jill Peters
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jill Peters finds her inspiration in the quickly changing architectural landmarks of her youth, like the demolished Miami Herald building, an abandoned roller coaster or a neglected ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Snowy Night, Rainy Night in Manhattan with Orange Sky
Located in Miami, FL
A solitary hooded figure crosses a desolate Manhattan street as light snow and rain come down. For 54 years, Mitchell Funk has been chronicling the effects of light on form; here, h...
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2010s Abstract Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
#220, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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Pink Dark Sun - Black Wood Framed Abstract Photograph - Digital Print- In Stock
By Susan Daboll
Located in New York, NY
Pink Dark Sun is an abstract limited edition fine art color print by photographer and graphic artist Susan Daboll. This minimal square print is framed in a thin black wood frame and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
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Luster, Paper, Digital, Wood
Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic 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 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, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Michael Banks, and Seb Janiak. 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 photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $50 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,359.