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
Look Up 03, From the series Return to Source. Abstract color photograph
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
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Hemisphere III - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscapes in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Hemisphere'
Hemisp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Desert Daze - light effect in California desert landscape with endless horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a series of images capturing the epic scale of the iconic landscapes of the American West
Desert Daze by Frank Schott
48 x 64 inches / 122cm x 162cm
signed edition of 7
30 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.4", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 4” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. The gallery is offering Free Shipping on this item globally, which ships rolled carefully in a tube.
From the artist, Chris MaGee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Light 1 - Photo by Sofia Mattioli - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful photograph Light 1 was shot by the Italian photographer Sofia Mattioli.
From the series The lights I see since you are gone, limited edition of 50 copies in Arab numb...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$305 Sale Price
20% Off
Gerhard Richter, Zaun: Hand-signed Color Photograph, in Artist's Frame
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932)
Zaun, 2010
Medium: Colour photograph, mounted on white cardboard, in artist’s frame
Print dimensions: 15 x 20 cm
Frame dimensions: 23.5 x 28.5 cm
Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Songs For Dead Heroes # 9 large abstract pastel color landscape photography
Located in New York, NY
This pastel color abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Manifest 01, From the series Power. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fun Bird Party in Miami, Blue Sky Golden Light. Nature Photography
Located in Miami, FL
An unusually robust gathering of birds is captured in Miami by Photographer Mitchell Funk. We named it Bird Party because they seemed to be having so much hanging out, signing in tu...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
27° 44' 30.192" N 114° 14' 36.340" W-10. 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
Reflections by Giorgio Baroni Black and White Photo on Steel Panel Italy 2015
Located in Brescia, IT
This surprising abstract photo of a natural landscape, has picked by the well known Italian photographer Giorgio Baroni.
The white reflections are look...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Steel
Laminariales III. From the series Bosque Cyanotype photograh
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
Archival Pigment
Tokyo - Photograph by Amanda Ludovisi - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Tokyo is a photograph taken by Amanda Ludovisi in 2019.
It represents a street in a rainy evening in the center of Tokyo. This is a giclée print on Ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic
$377 Sale Price
20% Off
Manifest 03, From the series Power. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-14. 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
28° 14' 34.127’’N, 114° 6' 44.679’’W-6 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
Archival Pigment, Cotton
Algas 75, 83 Y 26. Cyanotype photograhs mounted in high resistance glass dish
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
Glass, Archival Pigment
V, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait color photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists explore even further the infinite possibilities of transformation by turning something as temporary as a fashion editorial, into something completely different and origin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Untitled 13 Paris. 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
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Gravity Bulle d'air 01 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5
In his Gravity Bulles d'air series, Janiak creates visual representations of the idea that form cannot...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Concrete ( 48 x 72" / 122 x 183cm )
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Concrete by Frank Schott
monochromatic details of architecture
48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm
edition of 7
signed
27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm
edition of 25
signed
archival fine ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$2,960 Sale Price
20% Off
L, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media fashion portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists explore even further the infinite possibilities of transformation by turning something as temporary as a fashion editorial, into something completely different and origin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Heterotopia #97 by Karine Laval - Abstract Color Photography, Nature Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #50' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Eugene 8 - 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
K, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media fashion portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists explore even further the infinite possibilities of transformation by turning something as temporary as a fashion editorial, into something completely different and origin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Acacia #1
Located in Westport, CT
Jeri Eisenberg creates nature inspired works in single panels, diptychs and triptychs. Her soft colored photographic pieces are created using non-traditional and alternative photo-ba...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Encaustic, Handmade Paper
$3,200
Lous, From the series Lous and The Yakuza. Mixed media fashion color photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This project is with Louis Vuitton and the stylist Carine Roitfeld and Madame Figaro, starring the Belgian singer Lous and the Yakuza. All the looks Lous is wearing are designed by N...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil, Wax, Acrylic
Miami Downtown, Black and White Architectural Landscape Photography
By Luca Artioli
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The 'Miami Skin Series' it’s not a traditional collection of photos about the architecture of Miami and Miami Beach. It’s rather a quick journey between its own skin from the Art Dec...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
LV, From the series Lous and The Yakuza. Mixed media fashion color photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This project is with Louis Vuitton and the stylist Carine Roitfeld and Madame Figaro, starring the Belgian singer Lous and the Yakuza. All the looks Lous is wearing are designed by N...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Below 03, 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Metallurgic B. Abstract limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's photographs capture the transformation of everyday life into another reality. Images that explore what the future will be like. Industrial, eccentric and progressive, Ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
POV. Abstract architectural limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's photographs capture the transformation of everyday life into another reality. Images that explore what the future will be like. Industrial, eccentric and progressive, Ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Singularity 03. From the series We are one. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Healing 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
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
CoCreate 02, From the We Are One Series. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Irons and Tomatoes: still life color photograph w/ abstract shadow patterns, lg
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 "Table Top" ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Heterotopia #10 by Karine Laval - Abstract Nature Photography, Neon Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #10' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Combination No.2 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Combination No.2 (Abstract Photography)
C-print — Unframed.
Edition: 3/5 + 2 A/P
This early work from Caldicott's acclaimed Tupperware series exemplifies his ability to breathe lif...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-5. 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
Archival Pigment, Cotton
Heterotopia #46 by Karine Laval - Abstract Nature Photography, Neon Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #46' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Look Up 01, From the series Return to Source. Abstract color photograph
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
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gaze Into The Lake 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Books Photography Fine Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The item White Books could be also delivered framed. I like the color, the quietness of the situation when I took the picture. Edition of 15, signed by the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
$396 Sale Price
72% Off
Untitled 18, 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
Shadow of Her Former Self
By David Sokosh
Located in Hudson, NY
Shadow of Her Former Self
Photograph of Found Objects Printed in Cyanotype
Panel is 10 x 8 inches, 12 x 10 inches framed
Wire backing, ready to hang
Signed, verso (lower right)
Sok...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Handmade Monotype of Translucent Cloudy Forms Mid-Century Modern Blue Shapes
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Watercolor, Monotype
Changing Moods 5- Floral landscape cyan blue 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
CoCreate 03, From the We Are One Series. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
"Kauai, Tranquility", Abstract Landscape, Lavender, Green, Blue, Print, 2020
Located in Franklin, MA
Patty deGrandpre’s “Kauai, Tranquility” is an 8 x 8 inch unique digital abstract inkjet print represented on 12 x 12 inch Red River UltraPro photo paper and is part of her “Pieces and Pictures” series. Lavender, olive green, light turquoise blue and grey are the choice colors in this playful print depicting the coastline and landscape of Kauai, Hawaii’s Garden...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Digital
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
He Said 01. From the series Power. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Reflection of Fish Under Water, Pool Monotype Cyanotype in Blue Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Emulsion, C Print, Monotype, Photogram, Lithograph
Bleed # 202122 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202122 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar sup...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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
28° 14' 22.942''N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-12. 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
A New Life 02, Print. From the The Journey series. 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 w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hemisphere III - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Hemisphere'
Hemisp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
27° 42' 26.32'' N, 7° 42' 26.32'' W-15. 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
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.