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
Remedy (June School) Positive (framed)
By Wendy Small
Located in New York, NY
40"x32" photogram, created in four unique 20"x 16"prints positioned together to make a symmetrical pattern. The black and white imagery of wildflowers and leaves incorporate delicat...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photogram, Photographic Paper
Cosmica #73, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Señalamientos
Located in New York, NY
Viviana Zargón constructs a pictorial universe of industrial imagination in the exploration of abandoned and empty spaces. Using photography and painti...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
Day Dream
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
New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection with vibrant and intense color by Photographer Mitchell Funk.
Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
San Francisco Color
Located in Miami, FL
Funky Colored Victorian . Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Louse Point View, East Hampton
Located in Miami, FL
Louse Point View, East Hampton ,
A harmonious blend of primary colors in the foreground with a muted landscape characterizes this work.
signed and dated on lower right, numbered o...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Urban Landscapes - Serie 1492 - N° I
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland
Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin.
Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
Urban Landscapes - Serie Urbanus N° XXV
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1959, Geneva, Switzerland
Vanna Karamaounas aka Iseult Labote – Lives and works in Geneva and Berlin.
Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art his...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital
"Track Lines" Large Scale Contemporary Minimalist Landscape Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Horizontal stripes of white and brick red are masterfully composed to capture an elemental pattern within a track field. The textured green and beige ground activate the overall fie...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur - Mitchell Funk Street Photographer
Located in Miami, FL
Embracing a need to innovate in color photography in 1975, Mitchell Funk, takes a new approach to the interpreting the New York skyline. In "Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur" Funk depicts the vibrant emotion of the city rather than a straight forward document of it. The blur technique and subject matter are a perfect fit for the city that never sleeps.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso. Edition: 2/15 Unframed, other size available printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Beginning in the late 1960’s, Mitchell Funk has spanned 5 decades of photo innovation.
He’s a 10 trick pony...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
$6,750 Sale Price
25% Off
The Painted Ladies, San Francisco’s Victorians Seven Sisters, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Bright and bold colors define one of San Francisco's most beloved architectural gems. The Painted Ladies of Alamo Square are transformed into a color field painting. Mithcell Funk's...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cherry Blossoms, Champs de Mars, Paris, France
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Cherry Blossoms, Champs de Mars, Paris, France, 2017
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50 x 50 inches E...
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
Cosmica #84, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Cosmica #81, 4 Elements
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #115, 4 Elements,
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Ask us for framing options.
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 13
Archival Pigment Print
...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Broome 2, Western Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Broome 2, Western Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also available in 50...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Colony Hotel Ocean Drive, South Beach at Night Tropical Neon Reds and Neon Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Tropical Colors abound in this photography of South Beach. Ocean Drives Neon light show is in full display in this Mitchell Funk photograph. This archival color photograph by fine ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cosmica #45, 4 Elements, Water
Located in New York City, NY
Orlando Azevedo
Cosmica #45, 4 Elements, Earth, 2016
Dye Sublimation on Aluminum, Framed
40 x 40 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Dye Painting #9
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf utilizes layers of painted silk and mineral pigments to add luminous depth to her exquisitely moody abstract landscapes.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Birch, Mixed Media, Mica
Untitled #x
Located in New York, NY
Rodolfo Choperena
Untitled #x, 2016
Digital print on metal
36 x 48 in
(91.44h x 121.92w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Street Art from the Rich -Hedge Fun - Sunset Island - Miami Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is.
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-heeled homeowners, high-e...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Darkness Below - Abstract Marine Scene in Cobalt Blue with Colorful Accents
Located in Miami, FL
Viktor Schreckengost paints an ocean scene and moon with precise attention. The painting is part document and part flat abstraction. The uniqueness in this work is how Schreckengos...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Acrylic
Aluminum Siding Bale
Located in New York, NY
60"x40" framed photograph
This photograph is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" and depicts bailed Aluminum Siding.
The recycling industry in America and its va...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
You can write my biography but you can't have my soul
By Tina West
Located in Hudson, NY
Listing is for UNFRAMED print. Inquire within for framing.
Edition of 25.
If the exhibition piece is sold or the customer orders a different print size, the photograph is prod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chicago 24, 1965
Located in Miami, FL
Great Price.
The Art Institue of Chicago
Signed, named and dated verso, Chicago 25, 1965, Printed 1965
Archivally Matted but not framed
Category
1940s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Neon Bar and Grill Sign Tenderloin at Night Street Photographer Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a glowing beacon to the thirsty. Inkjet archival print. Signed and dated on lowe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Carvings 1-5
Located in New York, NY
Carvings 1-5 by Sterling Ruby is one work in five parts of images of tree carvings.
Sold as a set of five only, each work is 36 x 36 inches framed size, framed by the artist in a deep mahogany finished wood.
Paper size is 31.5 x 31.5 inches.
Chromogenic print, Edition of 3
Exhibition:
Cologne, Galerie Christian Nagel, Sterling Ruby: Supermax 2006, March 4-April 2
Provenance:
Artist
Hauser...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Street Photography in New York - People Minimized to Colorful Abstract Shapes
Located in Miami, FL
New York City pedestrians form a graphic pattern integrating with a colorful green construction wall and an orange day-glow concrete traffic barrier.
Three orange day-glow stripes e...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Estuary, Shark Bay, Western Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Estuary, Shark Bay, Western Australia, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Also avail...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Terracotta 10
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated verso
1961
Matted with archival board. Not framed
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard L. Menschel
Category
1960s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,700 Sale Price
26% Off
Cuarto Oscuro (espejo)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Digital print mounted on Diasec with lead
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
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
Chrysler Building Top, Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver
Located in Miami, FL
In the is photograph "Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver", the photographer makes a statement about new and old architectural forms.
Signed dated and number...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $1000.
This is the quintessential image of a bygone era. Old Las Vegas is captured with glowing neon signs set against a dramatic desert sunset. Signed and ...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Surrender - Ltd Ed
By Kat O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Movement on Metal is part of a series of graphic, industrial, black and white photographic images. All are limited editions and produced with infused archival inks on metal which means the image is permeated into the metal thereby becoming part of the material versus being merely printed on the surface. It can be inside or outside in all seasons for years with very little loss of resolution. A mounting system would be included. The finish is a metal black gallery wrap. What that means is, imagine a metal frame that the image rests on. It is an inch deep and presents the art in an elegant, museum quality fashion...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
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
After Henri Matisse: The Goldfish 2 1912, 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
High Angle View Of The Colony Hotel On Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Located in Miami, FL
Closeup view of neon top of Colony Hotel at night on South Beach, Miami Beach.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is s...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Berlin
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Michel Piquette: chromatic cities
By Anaïs Castro
It is the luminous colours of Michel Piquette’s works that first catch the eye. His chromatic circles that stir up vision take ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Aluminum
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hedge Fun - Bal Harbor - Miami Beach, Landscaping in Red and Violet
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-heeled homeowners, high-end condos and ritzy commercial establishments. Shrubs, bushes and trees are transf...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
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
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
Think Back To All This
By Henri Venne
Located in Montreal, Quebec
In the digital age, we collectively photograph everything all of the time. But how much does anyone remember from a scene or a moment when looking at a digital photo? Someone could g...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
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
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
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
June Melody - Abstract Print on Museum Glass with White and Silver Leaf
Located in London, GB
JUNE MELODY, 2017
Printed on museum glass, hand finished with White Gold and Silver leaf
61 x 61 cm (including frame), 45 x 45 cm (glass size)
Edition of 5 (Each individually hand gi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,901 Sale Price
40% Off
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.