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
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Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (W.O.F 15-41)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stilbon (Two)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Stilbon
Stilbon in the ancient Greek religion, is the sky god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury, and one of the Astra Planeta. The word, Stilbon, means shining.
All works are contact p...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (W.O.F 15-1)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eugene 2- Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Golling Falls, mountain waterfall, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
California Desert Joshua, Tree, USA black and white photograph, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine landscape photography print. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Diamond 11 - Signed limited edition abstract print, square photo, contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Diamond 11 - Limited edition pigment print
Limited Editions of 5, unframed
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Black Rocks and a few Stones, photography, limited edition, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Big black stones in the surf at La Gomera beach, Spain. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Beach Huts Panorama, France, black and white photography, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art Panorama photography - Beach huts on the beach with black stones, France. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by art...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Ignited, Nudes. The Alignment series. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ignited, 2017-2108
Archival Color Pigment Print
Small size: 20 H x 36 W in
Edition of 13 + 2AP
Unframed
From the series “The Alignment” which is materialized from video footage shot...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
The Alignment. Framed. Nude Swimmers. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the series “The Alignment”
Archival Color Pigment Print
Image size: 11.5 H x 18 W in.
Frame size: 16 H x 20 W x 2 D in.
Edition of 6 + 1AP
White wood frame
The Alignment: Fro...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Birth, The Alignment series. Nude. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Archival Color Pigment Print
Edition of 13 + 2AP
From the series “The Alignment” which is materialized from video footage shot with two ballet dancers underwater; he is carrying on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Union, From the Alignment series. Hands. Limited Edition Color Photograph
By Ricky Cohete
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Archival Color Pigment Print
Edition of 13 + 2AP
Union: From the series “The Alignment” which is materialized from video footage shot with two ballet dancers underwater; he is carry...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Untitled 14, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 17, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
The Moon Lay 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
For the Celebration
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
Black Rock, California Mountains, USA, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited edition of 9.
Archival fine art pigment print. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed with 4cm whit...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Hot Air Balloon Panorama, Championship, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art panorama photography. Hot Air Balloon Panorama, Championship, Waldviertel, Austria. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Changing Moods grey- Floral landscape grey color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled 29, Paris From The Series Of Public On Paper. Black & White Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White
Blue Agave, Arizona, USA, black and white photography, landscape, fine art
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art landscape photography. Blue Agave, plant, detail, Arizona, USA. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Untitled 15 Istanbul, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Blue 1 - Signed limited edition pigment print, Large Format, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Blue 1 - Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment print which has...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Untitled 4 NY. From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled 3 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Interior - Signed limited edition still life pigment print, Contemporary, Brown
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Interior - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 3
Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed
This print that is being offered is a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...
Bleed # 202391 (Abstract painting)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202391 (Abstract painting)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (8 cm / 3...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
No. 5, Cubes (Abstract Cameraless Photograph in Black and Neutral, Framed)
By Birgit Blyth
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract digital print on black/white photo paper
31.5 x 26.5 inches in custom black stained wood frame with black 8 ply mat and AR non glare glass
These energetic prints are digital copies of original handmade monoprints by photographer Birgit Blyth. Without the use of a camera, the artist produced the original chromoskedasic image by applying the photographic chemicals to black and white photo pager and exposing it to light. The rich black, faded gold, and crisp white tones are determined by the different chemicals used and the amount of time they are exposed to light. In this piece, Blyth painted gestural, intersecting lines to create a grid-like pattern that falls back in space.
About the artist and work:
Birgit Blyth is one of our most innovative and prolific photographers who works in a darkroom yet uses no camera! Blyth has been experimenting with a technique known as Chromoskedasic painting since the early ‘90s and variations on this concept have been shown at the gallery for the last 20 years. The unusual process involves the use of silver particles in black and white photographic paper to scatter light at different wavelengths when exposed. A chemist of sorts, Blyth demonstrates a thorough knowledge of how the various photographic chemicals will react when applied to paper and exposed. Each work is unique with palettes that resonate brilliant tonalities of brown, green, black, and purple. Using this technique, Blyth creates abstract crosshatching grids and most recently has developed a more gestural series of 20 x 16 inch chromoskedasic paintings that explores the ethereal qualities made possible by the unconventional material. Birgit Blyth succeeds at keeping her work fresh and cutting-edge using analog methods that are being quickly replaced elsewhere with digital technology.
Artist Resume:
Born: Kousted, Denmark
Resident in U.S.A. since 1963
Education:
Denmark and U.S.A.
Project, Inc., Cambridge MA (Photography)
DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln MA (Printmaking)
Maine Photography...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
GREEN
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print, limited edition of 15. Signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Tentation #9 Floral landscape soft pastel color contemporary abstract photograph
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has pastel soft dominant color of grey, pink and white.
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not on...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
' Istan Petal ' Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
Located in London, GB
' Istan Petal ' Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
A Bougenvillia petal floats on the surface of a swimming pool.
(photo Stuart Möller)
Archival Pigment Print sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Hot Air Balloon Championship, Austria, black and white landscape art photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Broken Groyne, Beach, black and white landscape photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Look at me! Photography Fine Art Print Limited Edition Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photographed by Sandra Salamonova, limited edition of 10, signed by the author, fine art print.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Bleed # 202416 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202416 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Grid. No 5 (Contemporary Framed Abstract Grid in Black & Coffee)
By Birgit Blyth
Located in Hudson, NY
unique chromoskedasic monoprint on B&W photo paper
14 x 11 inches unframed
20 x 16 inches in black metal frame with non-glare glass
This contemporary, abstract style chromoskedasic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Monoprint
Agave attenuata, plant detail, black and white photography, landscape, limited
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print, edition of 7. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certificate of authenticity included. Printed ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital Pigment
Life Scenes - Photograph by Amanda Ludovisi - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Life Scenes is a photograph taken by Amanda Ludovisi in 2019.
It represents an everyday life scene at the Terme di Saturnia, warm springs in Tuscany, con...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dance 1-Signed limited edition abstract print, Contemporary square format
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dance 1 - Limited edition pigment print of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ). The inks used are known for their longe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, D...
Barn / Photography / Limited / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
This photography was taken in a winery in Slovakia, I liked the mood and the overall impression. Will be signed by the author, limited to 15 pieces.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Trees in snowy Field, black and white photography, landscape, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to order in limited editions on Ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Paysages approximatifs (diptych)
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A viewer standing in front of the work of Henri Venne might feel simultaneously at home and confused. A seamless merging of photographic and painterly elements, Venne's images at onc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Aperitivo con Amici - Photograph by Vito Difilippo - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Photograph taken with Polaroid Now+ camera. Unique piece, embossed, signed on the back, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hell on Wheels (colorful, abstract, everyday scene, bright colors, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Hell on Wheels
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 10x8 inches
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dance 2-Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Contemporary square
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Dance 2 - Limited edition pigment print of 5
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ). The inks used are known for their longe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, D...
Ilheu Mole at Porto Moniz, Portugal, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Swept Away 4 ( Unique Gestural Abstract Camerless Photograph in Black and Pink)
By Birgit Blyth
Located in Hudson, NY
Swept Away 4 ( Unique Gestural Abstract Camerless Photograph in Black and Pink)
Abstract photograph, chromoskedasic monoprint
20 x 16 inches
28 x 24 inches framed, custom black wood,...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Monoprint
HALABALA Structure / Print / Limited / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photo/ print a part of a pattern from a renowned Czechoslovak designer Jindrich Halabala. This size is an edition of 15 and signed by the author.
Different size of the original also...
Category
20th Century Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Combination Blue No.1 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Combination Blue No.1 (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition: 5/5 + 2 A/P
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to breath...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Wall Canvas 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery recently presented "Listening in the Silence" — our first solo exhibition of work by Chaco Terada, a native of Japan who has called Dallas home since 1992. Born ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Irish Coast Panorama, Ireland, fine art photography, waterscape, long exposure
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art waterscape - landscape photography. Panorama of the Irish coast with the steep cliffs and an island. Archival pigment ink print, e...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Shadow Mountains Panorama, Death Valley, black and white photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art city and landscape photography. Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California, USA, limited edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by artist. Certifi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Abstract IV., Photography, Fine Art Print, Limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography, printed as fine art print, limited edition of 15, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Color, Bromoil
(Depth of) field 2
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
It is within the locality of the dream where we are at once sentient of ourselves within a multitude of reflections. The momentary awareness of self reveals transitions between those...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Enamel
Floral Study 181: still life color photograph w/ dried flowers on sky blue field
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 from the "Flora" seri...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Anesthesia - underwater photograph - series REFLECTIONS -archival pigment 16x23"
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
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