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
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Expressionist, Contemporary, Water
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by artist.
Custom...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"The Encounter", Abstract Color Photography, Expressionist, Contemporary, Orange
Located in New York, NY
"The Encounter", Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Songs # 6 soft color white dominant floral abstract landscape photo
Located in New York, NY
This white dominant abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from th...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Las Vegas, Del Webb's Mint
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . ...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
Psychedelic Hippie Guitar Player Groovy Washington Square Park
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-Camera Multiple Exposure with colored filters and emulsion match burn on 35mm slide
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 4 of 15, ...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Photographic Paper
Songs of the Sky 14 (Abstract Landscape Color Photograph of Clouds & Blue Sky)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted landscape color photograph of clouds and blue sky on 4 panels
Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 4 panels, each panel is 36...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Mulberry Paper
Women in front of graffiti wall
Located in Miami, FL
Women in from of Basquiat like wall . This was shot in New York City
Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 3 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. printed later, Printed on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Concorde Hangar, Aerospatiale Concorde
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
Brooklyn Bridge and Building
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other sized available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Miami Causeway in Blue
Located in Miami, FL
A hauntingly beautiful night image of Miami in blue is punctuated with a red stop sign. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other size available...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pyramids with Terracotta Magenta Art Deco Head
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The timelessness of pyramids is puncuated with a dreamy terracotta classcial head.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available Printed on Hahnem...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Airplanes Yellow Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Graphic depiction of a regional airport on Long Island.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
EM2020-59
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
Pigment on watercolor paper - Unframed.
Edition of 10.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Ea...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Golden Dawn
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10.
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Cieux, Sky 5
Located in New York City, NY
27.5 x 27.5 in
70 x 70 cm
Edition of 9
USD 6.000
40 x 40 in
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 9
USD 8.000
51 x 51 in
130 x 130 cm
Edition of 9
EUR 11.500
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Airbus Karman, Airbus A319, Toulouse, Blagnac
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
Stearman Tail, Boeing Stearman model 75, Chino, USA
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
Red MiG, Mikoyan Gourevitch MiG-17-PF, Chino, USA
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
Anemorphose Cabo Verde #4
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
Anemorphose Cabo Verde #7
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
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
American Flag in the Rain
Located in Miami, FL
American Flag in the Rain
2014
Ink jet archival print
40 x 60
Signed, dated numbered lower right, 2/15. Unframed Other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Just Who I Am
By Serge Hamad
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Photography aluminum print includes both panels. Each panel is 36" x 24",
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Remedy (Winter)
By Wendy Small
Located in New York, NY
48"x40" photogram
Wendy Small’s “Remedy” photograms are made by collecting leaves, weeds, or flowers from a specific place (indicated in the title) and placing those leaves directly ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
Neon Old Fremont Street, Las Vegas - Dramatic Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset.. Signed, dated numbered on the lower right, 2/15 , Printed later, another size available, unf...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blanco 7 - Winter imagery, Landscape photography, Nature, Trees
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days.
This is a 30x30cm Digital print on 50x50cm Cotton Paper in an Edition of 9 plus 2 Artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Drifting
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Episodic / Épisodique consists of the continuation of my most recent photographic production, which explores the possibilities of representing the abstract contemplative sensation wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Karl Lagerfeld
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Karl Lagerfeld", Black and White Screen print on Harmon paper, 20 x 16, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 14 x...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides, The Bubble (Rockefeller #3)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
C-print of an abstracted Rockefeller Center at night in New York City by contemporary photographer Susan Wides, in yellow, black and green.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is best kno...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Parking Rates
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alter / Altered
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
Metal
Divers II A
Located in New York, NY
Mario Arroyave
Divers II A, 2013
C Print on plexiglass
39.50h x 39.50w in
100.33h x 100.33w cm
Edition 2/5 + 2 A.P.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Timeline Divers I
Located in New York, NY
Mario Arroyave
Timeline Divers I, 2013
C-Print on plexiglass
26h x 75w in
66.04h x 190.50w cm
Edition 4/5 + 2 A.P.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
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
Rock Pool, Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Rock Pool, Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
21 x 21 inches
Edition of 4
Unframed
Print only. Ask us for framing option...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boats in a Marina
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
World Trade Center Cerulean blue
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right, Edition: 4/15 Unframed, Other sizes available.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photon 01 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Photon 01 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Photon series, Janiak explores the intrinsic duality of light. The photons we interpret as light exist in a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Kodak Sign, Atlanta, Georgia X 36" - Composite Image Photography - Cubism
By Peter Essick
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Kodak Sign, Atlanta, Georgia X 36" is a composite photograph with hues of red and orange.
Peter Essick is a photographer, author, speaker, instructor, and...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Path # 3 gray white yellow floral abstract photo composition
Located in New York, NY
This floral photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century.
Belgian photog...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Kaizen X
Located in New York, NY
Mario Arroyave
Kaizen X, 2016
C Print on Plexiglass
35.50h x 35.50w in
90.17h x 90.17w cm
Edition 2/5 + 2 A.P.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Song for dead heroes #1 Floral abstract landscape dark color 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
Résonance - water drop 84 (Medium)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Résonance series, Janiak explores the role of sound in creation. Taking inspiration from sacred texts from multiple spiritual traditions, he p...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Song for dead heroes #2 dark color abstract floral 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
Magnetic radiation 11 (Abstract Photography)
By Seb Janiak
Located in London, GB
Magnetic radiation 11 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic print. Edition 1/5.
In his Magnetic radiation series, Janiak reveals the hidden world of magnetism by photographing ferrofl...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Rubber and light bulbs #05- dark sea landscape photography with lights
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
Remedy (June School)
By Wendy Small
Located in New York, NY
40"x32" photogram
Wendy Small’s “Remedy” photograms are made by collecting leaves, weeds, or flowers from a specific place (indicated in the title) and placing those leaves directly ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
30x30in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - BT 014
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's beauty taken in remote lands...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
'Istan Petal' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Istan Petal' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
A bugonvilia petal floating on water in Istan, Spain.
Beautiful Archival Pigment Print.
40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Forest, Kaaterskill, New York X 36" - Composite Image Photography - Cubism
By Peter Essick
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Forest, Kaaterskill, New York X 36" is an abstract photograph with hues of green and brown.
Peter Essick is a photographer, author, speaker, instructor, and drone pilot who special...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sand Scape #2
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Archival pigment print
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Donna Karan
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Khornak (American), "Donna Karan", Black and White Screen Print on Harmon paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century
Hand signed by Lucille Khornak
Available sizes: 11 x 14...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Montauk Reflections #27 Ltd Ed.
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Commercial Fishing boat reflections. Ltd Ed of 10. The art can be inside or outside with no visible loss of resolution. Gallery wrap finish adds an inch to the presentation. P...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Anemorphose Cabo Verde #9
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
black and white photography of blurred urban landscape with man
By Luis Mallo
Located in New York, NY
Cuban photographer, Luis Mallo roams city streets taking pictures of obstructed urban landscapes, as shown in this evocative work. Leaving much to the imagination, the artist reveals...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Streets of Kowloon (navy), Hong Kong
Located in Cambridge, GB
Shot in Kowloon in 2016 this stunning abstract piece is so striking in a room.
The whole 2016 Hong Kong collection has this reoccurring linear pattern. As a photographer Richard is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
'Istan Petal' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
'Istan Petal' Hand Signed Limited Edition
Stuart Möller
A bugonvilia petal floating on water in Istan, Spain.
Beautiful Archival Pigment Print.
30 x 20 inches / 76 x 51 cm paper s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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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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