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
B, Portrait Intervened by the artists..From the series Opposed Tendencies.
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
O, 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
Future city 1-Signed limited edition abstract print, Large format contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
' Future city 1 ' - Limited edition pigment print - Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fibe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
LVII, From the series Lous and The Yakuza, Mixed media color photograph
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
"Rusted Web", abstract, texture, yellow, orange, rust, color photograph
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Rusted Web” is part of a her "Texture" series taking an up close look at rusted and/or weathered metal. With tones of yellow and orange, this 18 x 12 inch abstract...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
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...
Bleed # 202393 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202393 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Available with 4-5 week turnaround.
Snell creates small productio...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Miami. Black and White Landscape Architectural limited editionPhotograph
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
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Kakoma, From the series Lous and The Yakuza. Mixed media fashion color photo
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
Water element 1 - Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Blue nature
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Water element 1 - Limited Editions of 5 , signed + num...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Untiled #23 abstract sea landscape red and blue color contemporary photography
Located in New York, NY
The series 'Trespassing' explores encounters between human and nature. Human-made objects are placed into a landscape, where their interactions with the natural elements are recorded...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Biltmore water, Still life Black and White Limited edition 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
Bleed # 202198 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202198 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Edition 1/3...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
The Mask 03. From the series Making Sense. 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
The Mask 01. From the series Making Sense. 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
Miami 10partbn2. Black and White Architectural Landscape Photograph
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
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
I Got Your Back 02. From the series Making Sense. 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
Blender 03. From the series Making Sense. 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
Metallurgic A. 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
There, Here 01, From the Universe Within 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
That Same Old Love 3, From the Universe Within 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
It All Moves 03, From the Universe Within 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
Healing 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
Archival Pigment
That Same Old Love 01, From the Universe Within series. Abstract color photo
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
Gaze Into The Lake 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
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...
Untitled 153 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 153 (Abstract photography)
C print - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his ph...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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
Entrance: framed abstract black & white photograph collage w/ key, shoe, trees
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Entrance" is a black & white framed silver gelatin collage photograph with forms of a key, shoe, trees, pyramid, hair, and other abstract elements from artist Jenny Lynn's "Extrapol...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled #58 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled #58 (Abstract Photography)
C print - Unframed.
"Edition of 5 + 2AP, next 1/5
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware contain...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Combination Orange (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Combination Orange (Abstract Photography)
C print - Unframed.
"Edition of 5 + 2AP, next 1/5
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Untiled #22 abstract sea landscape red and blue color contemporary photography
Located in New York, NY
The series 'Trespassing' explores encounters between human and nature. Human-made objects are placed into a landscape, where their interactions with the natural elements are recorded...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
"Rhapsody, Lights of New York" Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited Ed.
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rhapsody / from the series of Lights of New York / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2022
Dimension: 48 x 36”
External Dimension( with white border) : Height: 48.8 in....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$2,880 Sale Price
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Golden Girl 1 - Signed limited edition still life print, Oversize, Model, Yellow
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Golden Girl 1
Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbere...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigme...
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
Space Densities
This is for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram Lassaw some also bear the photographers stamp.
Lassaw was born in Alexandria, Egypt, of Russian Jewish émigré parents, he went to the U.S. in 1921. His family settled in Brooklyn, New York. He became a US citizen in 1928. He first studied sculpture in 1926 at the Clay Club and later at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York. He made abstract paintings and drawings influenced by Kandinsky, Sophie Tauber Arp...
Category
1960s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Floating Future Four
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In my work, I explore the tension and interaction between inner experience and physical form, with notions of depth and spatiality playing a central role. My artworks embody thoughts...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Platinum
Ink 1 - Signed limited edition abstract fine art print, Large format contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ink 1 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks
Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pig...
No. 48354 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 48354 (Abstract Photography)
Photography / Archival pigment print — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
No. 42417 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 42417 (Abstract Photography)
Photography / Archival pigment print — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
Photographic Print, "Giant Kelp Study 47"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a Cyanotype on paper, toned photographic print by California artist, Oriana Poindexter. Its dimensions are 11" x 8.5". A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flowing 1 - Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Large contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Flowing 1 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks -Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
A New Life 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
Archival Pigment
The Block 01, 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
Leaves series #3418: minimalist nature still-life leaf photograph, yellow, green
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Maze Me 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
Archival Pigment
Maze Me 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
Wild and Happy Spring, Colourful Textured Painting, Contemporary Landscape Art
By Nicky Chubb
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild And Happy Spring is a signed original acrylic painting on canvas of a blossoming tree with white, pink and green in a flowery field of the same colours against a gold sky.
Disc...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Singularity 02, 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
Color, Archival Pigment
Magnetic radiation 14 (Large) (Abstract photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 14 (Large) (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic Radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
EMDL-9 (Abstract Photography)
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
EMDL-9 (Abstract Photography)
Pigment on canvas - Unframed.
Edition of 3.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of ph...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Song for Dead Heroes #5 bright floral abstract photo landscape composition
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Kentucky 7, abstract black and white
Located in Greenwich, CT
His famous series that mimicked the abstract expressionist painters movement - but in photography. A great image and a striking work for any sophisticated or rustic environment. Ima...
Category
1950s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
She Said 02. 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
He Said 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
No. 43001 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 43001 (Abstract Photography)
Photography / Archival pigment print — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
Blender 01. From the Making Sense series. 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
Songs For Dead Heroes # 6 soft color floral abstract landscape photo composition
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
No. 48355 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 48355 (Abstract Photography)
Photography / Archival pigment print — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
Adagio 3 - Signed limited edition abstract brown pigment print, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Adagio 3 - Limited edition pigment print of 5
This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment print which has been printed
on fiber-based paper.
The paper used ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, C...
Wave I - large format abstract liquidscape in azur and lapis blue color palette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wave I by Christian Stoll
40 x 40 inches (102 x 102cm)
edition of 25
signed
58 x 58 inches (147 x 147cm)
edition of 7
signed
48 x 48 inches (122 x 122cm)
edition of 7
signed
arch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
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.