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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
Gaia 78 - Limited Edition of 10, Black and White Diptych Print

Jaume LlorensGaia 78 - Limited Edition of 10, Black and White Diptych Print

$572

Gaia 78 - Limited Edition of 10, Black and White Diptych Print

By Jaume Llorens

Located in Brighton, GB

Gaia 78 by Jaume Llorens Bach Gaia 78 is a 18cm x 24cm Black-and-White print on Premio Kozo 180gsm White Paper by Awagami Factory This size in a limited edition of 10 + 2 Artist's ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital, Photographic Paper

Leveza. From The Lavori in Corso series
Leveza. From The Lavori in Corso series

Eduardo RezendeLeveza. From The Lavori in Corso series, 2024

$4,000

Leveza. From The Lavori in Corso series

By Eduardo Rezende

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Abstract Landscape #

Daniel MansurAbstract Landscape #, 2019

$4,500

Abstract Landscape #

By Daniel Mansur

Located in New York City, NY

Daniel Mansur Abstract Landscape #22 Canvas Fine Art - Framed Archival Pigment Print

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Lights in Motion Photograph Chromo Photo Kodak Professional Endura
Lights in Motion Photograph Chromo Photo Kodak Professional Endura

Lights in Motion Photograph Chromo Photo Kodak Professional Endura, c.2000

$300

Lights in Motion Photograph Chromo Photo Kodak Professional Endura

Located in Surfside, FL

Artist Unknown. From Muse X Editions. An (now defunct) LA based innovative publisher of limited-edition prints, Muse X has launched its first group of prints and is just beginning to make itself known to artists, curators, dealers and collectors. Among works just off the press are otherworldly landscapes by Barbara Kasten and Oliver Wasow, a sizzling sunset by Peter Alexander, abstract compositions by Pauline Stella Sanchez and Jennifer Steinkamp...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Fairy, 2025. Cyanotype photograph
Fairy, 2025. Cyanotype photograph

Dubravka LazicFairy, 2025. Cyanotype photograph, 2025

$2,000

Fairy, 2025. Cyanotype photograph

By Dubravka Lazic

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The photos from the series Let Me Tell You a Story show, each one individually, certain themes through strongly narrative visual units. Each photograph is dedicated to a specific rep...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Algas 45-XIX. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs
Algas 45-XIX. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs

Paola DavilaAlgas 45-XIX. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs, 2022

$2,500

Algas 45-XIX. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs

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

Anemorphose Cabo Verde #4
Anemorphose Cabo Verde #4

Manolo Chrétien 1Anemorphose Cabo Verde #4, 2014

$8,378

Anemorphose Cabo Verde #4

By Manolo Chrétien 1

Located in New York City, NY

27 x 44 in Edition of 9 EUR 3.500 35 x 57 in Edition of 9 EUR 5.500 48 x 71 in Edition of 9 EUR 7.100 Dye Sublimation on Aluminum 48 x 77 in Edition of 9 EUR 9.100 Dye Sublimation...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Summer Waters in Cannes, Abstract Nautical Cyanotype in Blue, Seascape Triptych
Summer Waters in Cannes, Abstract Nautical Cyanotype in Blue, Seascape Triptych

Kind of CyanSummer Waters in Cannes, Abstract Nautical Cyanotype in Blue, Seascape Triptych, 2024

$704Sale Price|20% Off

Summer Waters in Cannes, Abstract Nautical Cyanotype in Blue, Seascape Triptych

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. This beautiful triptych is called "Summer Waters in Cannes" and it shows the water reflection of one of the most iconic ci...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype

Tones. From The Lavori in Corso series
Tones. From The Lavori in Corso series

Eduardo RezendeTones. From The Lavori in Corso series, 2024

$4,000

Tones. From The Lavori in Corso series

By Eduardo Rezende

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

ID No. 13 The Startled. Limited edition photograph
ID No. 13 The Startled. Limited edition photograph

Dubravka LazicID No. 13 The Startled. Limited edition photograph, 2005

$2,100

ID No. 13 The Startled. Limited edition photograph

By Dubravka Lazic

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Close to the Sea. From The Lavori in Corso series
Close to the Sea. From The Lavori in Corso series

Eduardo RezendeClose to the Sea. From The Lavori in Corso series, 2025

$3,400

Close to the Sea. From The Lavori in Corso series

By Eduardo Rezende

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10

Ugne Pouwell'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10, 2023

$855

'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10

By Ugne Pouwell

Located in London, GB

'Lily in Charcoal' 2023 From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Calm Water Blue Tones Diptych of Japanese Zen Pond Ripples, Feng Shui Cyanotype
Calm Water Blue Tones Diptych of Japanese Zen Pond Ripples, Feng Shui Cyanotype

Kind of CyanCalm Water Blue Tones Diptych of Japanese Zen Pond Ripples, Feng Shui Cyanotype, 2021

$730

Calm Water Blue Tones Diptych of Japanese Zen Pond Ripples, Feng Shui Cyanotype

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. This diptych is titled "Japanese Zen Pond Ripples", and shows ripples of water from a calming pond. Details: + Title: Ja...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Lith...

Hemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Hemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water

Christian StollHemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water, 2014

$4,800

Hemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water

By Christian Stoll

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

Seascape XIII - large scale abstract photograph of monochrome seascape
Seascape XIII - large scale abstract photograph of monochrome seascape

Frank SchottSeascape XIII - large scale abstract photograph of monochrome seascape, 2021

$5,800

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

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Archival Pi...

Gaia 1 - Black and White Diptych, Limited Edition Photographic Print, Ed of 10

Jaume LlorensGaia 1 - Black and White Diptych, Limited Edition Photographic Print, Ed of 10

$572

Gaia 1 - Black and White Diptych, Limited Edition Photographic Print, Ed of 10

By Jaume Llorens

Located in Brighton, GB

Gaia 1 by Jaume Llorens Bach Gaia 1 is a 18cm x 24cm Black-and-White print on Premio Kozo 180gsm White Paper by Awagami Factory This size in a Limited Edition of 10 + 2 Artist's Pr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital, Photographic Paper

Set of 3 Photographs. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves
Set of 3 Photographs. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves

Paola DavilaSet of 3 Photographs. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves, 2022

$6,600

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

Levels. From The Lavori in Corso series
Levels. From The Lavori in Corso series

Eduardo RezendeLevels. From The Lavori in Corso series, 2025

$3,400

Levels. From The Lavori in Corso series

By Eduardo Rezende

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Eduardo Rezende’s 2024 series Lavori in Corso revisits one of the artist’s most enduring themes: the urban and architectural landscape — this time focused on construction sites, scaf...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas

Waves. From the Trama series
Waves. From the Trama series

Eduardo RezendeWaves. From the Trama series, 2024

$4,000

Waves. From the Trama series

By Eduardo Rezende

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The interlacing of what sustains In the series Trama, Eduardo Rezende turns his gaze to the hidden structures of the built environment — the elements usually concealed beneath the po...

Category

2010s Abstract Photography

Materials

Canvas, 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.

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