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
Cuarto Oscuro (espejo)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Digital print mounted on Diasec with lead
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
Tuileries Garden, Paris, France (Color Photography)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Tuileries Garden, Paris, France (Color Photography), 2018
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Plexiglass, C Print
Chrysler Building in Multiple Exposure of Blue and Magenta
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building may be one of the most photographed buildings in the world, yet Mitchell Funk imagines it unlike any tourist snapshot. This colorful kaleidoscope-like image was...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hedge Fun - Star Island, Miami Beach - Slim Arrons forgot to shoot the Shrubs
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Star Island is home to billionaires, socialites, jet-setters, and the celebrities of the world. Hedge Fun - Star Island, Miami Beach - Captures what Slim Arrons...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Inkjet
Surfer, Perth, Western Australia (Oceans series)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Surfer, Perth, Western Australia (Oceans series), 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
59 x 59 inches
Edition of 5
Signed by the artist
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hedge Fun - Sunset Island2 - Miami Beach - Street Art by the Rich
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Website and monitors render color differently. Green sometimes becomes more saturated. I think the mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
Rock Pool, Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Rock Pool, Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 59 x 59 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Golden Edge, North American B25 Mitchell, Oshkosh, USA, 2012 - Aero series (Air)
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 43 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
44 x 71 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 78 in
Edition of 9...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Man Watching Sunrise, Hangzhou, China, 2011
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Man Watching Sunrise, Hangzhou, China, 2011
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for fram...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire Zoom Color, Abstract Photography Pastel Color
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building Spire is zoomed by Photographer Mitchell Funk. The concept is to take one of the most photographed icons in the world and present it visually different but stil...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
After Claude Monet: Iris 1 1916, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Pastel Alley In North Beach, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful houses on Fresno Street in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Inkjet
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Exocet, North American B25 Mitchell, Oshkosh, USA
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.200
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.200
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 6.800
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 8.800
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography.
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars is a grab shot. The result is a vibrant interplay of primary colors. Blue bars and blue jeans merge with yellow hair and yellow shoes...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Beach Day, Maui, Hawaii
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Beach Day, Maui, Hawaii, 2011
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x 50 inches Edition of 3
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Light Path
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
Taxi And Color Doors On 42nd Street
Located in Miami, FL
Crowds of people walking on 42nd Street circa 1996.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto - the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Shanghai Skyline (Dawn), China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Shanghai Skyline (Dawn), China, 2011
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 59 x 59 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mesh, South China Sea, Traverse, 2011
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Mesh, South China Sea, Traverse, 2011
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for frami...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
After Vincent Van Gogh: Almond Blossom 1890, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Jet Ski Water Sport Action Wave Race in Blue Water
Located in Miami, FL
A Jet Ski - Wave Runner race is documented from an elevated position to be as abstract as it is representational. Diagonal white trails of waves extend behind each colorful Jet Ski l...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Spire with Moon - Art Deco skyscraper
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Color Photographer Mitchell Funk carefully crafts a composition where the graceful Art Deco shapes of the Chrysler Building spire play off t...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Red Guard, Seversky at 12 Guardsman, 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
Street Walkers - New York Street Photography Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
The history of street photography has been characterized by a loose snapshot style where the central purpose was to capture random moments as they unfold in time. Little emphasis was...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
"Line of Cows" Contemporary Abstract Aerial Landscape (Color Photograph),
Located in New York, NY
20"x30" limited edition of 5 archival pigment print photograph, signed by artist. Horizontal lines and a sandy, grey beige gradient along the surface of this grazing field create a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pegasus Mythical Winged Divine Horse Vintage Sign. Mid Century Street Signs
Located in Miami, FL
Red and white gas station signs and parking signs form an abstract pattern in an early example of color photography from 50 years ago in 1972.
Signed ...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Mid- Century Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas, Landscape Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Monsters, Douglas DC-4, Dugny, Le Bourget, 2008 - Aero series (Air)
Located in New York City, NY
Manolo Chretien, France
Monsters, Douglas DC-4, Dugny, Le Bourget, 2008 - Aero series (Air)
27 x 43 in
Edition of 9
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
35 x ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Mannerport after Monet, Etretat, Normandy, France
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Mannerport after Monet, Etretat, Normandy, France, 2017
44 x 44 inches - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. As...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
SPL 13
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Charney writes of her process: “For many years, I'd been trying to combine painting and photography with very contrived results. O...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
$4,350
Shark Bay (Square 10), Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Shark Bay (Square 10), Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x 50 inches Edition of 3
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Street Art Houston Street, Soho - Early Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
Early Street Art in New York City documented in color in 1971. Street Art is not a recent phenomenon. The appreciation of it by the art world is. The horizontal white painted lines...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
After Claude Monet: Chrysanthemums 1897, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Shanghai Night II, China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Shanghai Night II, China, 2011
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 59 x 59 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Colorful Victorian Fairytale Houses, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later on Hahnemuhle paper
Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Cosmica #4, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #4, 4 Elements, Earth, 2012
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Mariner, Martin PBM Mariner, Tucson, Arizona
Located in New York City, NY
27 x 44 in
Edition of 9
EUR 3.200
35 x 57 in
Edition of 9
EUR 5.200
48 x 71 in
Edition of 9
EUR 6.800
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum
48 x 77 in
Edition of 9
EUR 8.800
Dye Sublimation...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Hasidic Jewish Family Williamsburg Brooklyn In Golden Light, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouette of a Hasidic Jewish Family walking in front of the Williamsburg Bridge bathed in Godly light.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Heading Out
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15
Archival pigment print
“Water's Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Row Victorian Houses in Mission District San Francisco, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
THis cassic view of beautiful painted Victorian architecture in San Francisco was inspired during Queen Victoria's reign. The print is signed, Dated, number Lower left 4/15 recto, u...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Liquid Gold Diptych
Located in Fairfield, CT
German-born Christine Matthäi’s fascination with photography and film began during her early teenage years. She studied and graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Ber...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Remedy Weekend (Pink) metallic paper
By Wendy Small
Located in New York, NY
40"x32" photogram, metallic paper
Wendy Small’s “Remedy” photograms are made by collecting leaves, weeds, or flowers from a specific place (indicated in the title) and placing those ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram
Hedge Fun - South Beach - Miami Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The true color is most accurate in the 1st image when you expand it to the larger size.
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned b...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
After Leonardo Da Vinci: Mona Lisa 1 1503, 2017
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --In 2013, I first saw Carol Inez Charney’s striking semi-abstract photographs depicting details of modernist architecture partially ob...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
"Crops" Contemporary Abstract Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
28"x40" signed on reverse, edition of 5. Vertical stripes of earth alternate with rows of verdant green foliage in this abstract landscape photograph. Wetherall presents a unique vi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Red Cherry
By Fu Wenjun
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fu Wenjun is a Chinese contemporary artist. He works on conceptual photography, installation art, sculpture and oil painting. Currently he lives and works at Chongqing, China.
He ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media
$18,000
Urban Art Bus Driver, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art come to the intersection of street photography.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Urban Sunbather, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Elevated view of women sunbathing on the basketball court in New York City.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
SPL 6
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Charney writes of her process: “For many years, I'd been trying to combine painting and photography with very contrived results. O...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
$4,350
Bowery Street Scene with Abstract Graffiti
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th-century red fire call box is smothered in street advertisements and graffiti. It dominates the left half of the composition. Behind i, a street-l...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage
Located in Miami, FL
Sometimes the simplest images are the most complex. Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage is more than a bird portrait. It's a portrait of a bird as a living work of abstract ar...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Helipad, Contemporary Abstract Color Photograph, limited edition
Located in New York, NY
28x30" limited edition of 5, signed on reverse by the artist. The graphic markings on a helipad are composed by the photographer, Zoe Wetherall, to give a sense of pattern and rhyth...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Flow of Light under Water
Located in London, GB
THE FLOW OF LIGHT UNDERWATER 2019 Being fascinated with light and water led me to explore how light travels in the sea - often caught on the backs of fish as they dart and swerve int...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram
Blurred Colorful New York Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, Dated and Numbered lower right, 4/15, printed later, Unframed, other sizes available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Spring Sessions I, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Aren't we all waiting for Spring? I do for sure! I can't wait to see bright colours hidden in green grass, maybe a dash of a spring sprinkle - and after it everything is even more gl...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic
Big Sur #4
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jay Mark Johnson, BIG SUR #4, Big Sur 2012, Archival pigment, paper, aluminum, wood frame, 25.5" x 85.5", Edition 1/9, FRAMED $12,500
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
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.