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
Graffiti Street Art Photograph in Red and Green
Located in Miami, FL
Graffiti-clad New York City Street scene with wall shot by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk in his trademark colorful style. In Funk's oeuvre co...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Trimmings
Located in New York, NY
40"x 60" unframed photograph, edition of 5 (signature and edition on reverse)
This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty withi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
$6,000
"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
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
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
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
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
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
Nautilus
By Harold Town
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Harold Town (1924-1990) remains one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters from the "Painters Eleven" group.
While Town coined the group's name (based on the number of artists who simply attended their first meeting) his output was diverse, ever-changing and not restricted to painting.
Somewhat ironically, Town's first significant body of work, which established his reputation, was a group of monotype - which he called "Single Autographic Prints"
Town was introduced to lithography by fellow Painters Eleven member Oscar Cahen...
Category
1950s Abstract Photography
Materials
Monotype
Wall Scratches
Located in New York, NY
C Print Photograph, signed on reverse
available as 30"x45" edition of 5
This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty within d...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Times Square during snowstorm and American Flag
Located in Miami, FL
Tight and graphic compositions with creative lighting are a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work.
Signed, Dated, number Lower left 2/15 recto, unframed, other size available
Mitchell F...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Freemont Street Neon Lights Shine in Vintage Las Vegas - urban photography
Located in Miami, FL
Historic Downtown Las Vegas was famous for Illuminating the night with glowing neon. Photographer Mithcell Funk has captured the essence of old Freemont's street. The Mint, Binion'...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan White Dog among Autumn Leaves , Minimalism
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photographer Mitchell Funk depicts New York City somewhere between the ideal and the real. In an Upper East Side park, he shoots a lone white dog standing at the intersection ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Covid-19 New York City, Empty Park Avenue no Traffic Except a Lone Motorcycle
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk
Covid-19 New York City, Empty Park Avenue with no Traffic Except a Lone Motorcyclist
Inkjet Archival Print
43 × 29 in
Signed, dated lower and numbered 2/15 lower right...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Old Freemont Street Neon, Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
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 dated on lower right, numbered on...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Embryon 6
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Laurent Lamarche’s objects strike a scientific chord in contrast to an art world overwrought with digital spectacles and ominous critique. Lamarche’s work bares a rigorous formalism ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
The Guggenheim Museum Reaches Out
Located in Miami, FL
Museum in a car - The artsiest of art museums is artfully depicted in street photographer Mitchell Funk's imaginative photograph. A passing red car with similar curvilinear forms has the museum's facade reflected in its roof window...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Head Girl in the Bowery - Graffiti Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A graffiti street scene in New York City becomes a semi-abstract picture.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, Printe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Purple San Francisco Victorian with Figure
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 , other size available, unframed
Category
Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Times Square Theater Posters Morosco Theatre. FORTY CARATS
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022 this does not seem like a big deal. But 53 years ago in 1969 it was quit...
Category
1960s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides, The Bubble (Madison Avenue)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
Digital c-print of an abstracted Madison Avenue, in New York City, in red, blue, black by Susan Wides. Signed verso.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Spring Sessions II, 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 colors hidden in green grass, maybe a dash of a spring sprinkle - and after it everything is even more glo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Acrylic
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
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
Still
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
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
$10,000
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
$9,838 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract photograph, Susan Wides The Bubble (Rockefeller Center, March 10, 2014)
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
Abstract photograph of Rockefeller Center in New York City by contemporary photographer Susan Wides, in silver, gold, black, and blue.
NY photographer, Susan Wides, is best known fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Joyful Birds on Roof of a Pink, Summer Beach House East Hampton, Abstract Photo
Located in Miami, FL
Three Gulls sit atop a colorful pink and white beach house near East Hampton. The lead gull is captured with his wings spread and poised to take flight. The picture evokes the summ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstracted Nature Photograph by Susan Wides, 'May 4, 2015'
By Susan Wides
Located in White Plains, NY
'May 4, 2015' 2015 by photographer Susan Wides. Chromogenic print, Ed. of 7. 36 x 30 in. C-print of Park Avenue from the 'Deep Woods' series. Colors in pink, browns, and whites.
N...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Prayer
Located in Fairfield, CT
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas.
Her LIGHT and SEA series, and all other water related series, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
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
2632 - Double Splash - 1/8 - Diasec - mounted on plexiglass - can be vertical
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract feel - close up of rough seas. B/W. Can be vertical.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stunning seasc...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
East Hampton Fences Green Pastures
Located in Miami, FL
East Hampton Fences. Fields being farmed are interpreted as a color field painting by Mitchell Funk.
Signature: signed and dated lower right, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Submerge I
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200) limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist.
Cheryl Maeder was b...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Le Mer II
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200) limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist.
Cheryl Maeder was b...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Far & Away I
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200) limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist.
Cheryl Maeder was b...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Kitchen Drawer - An overwhelming source of detritus... everyday objects
Located in London, GB
The Kitchen Drawer
Simply an overwhelming source of detritus...
'Detritus' series was born from the twin frustrations of lockdown halting all planned projects, yet litter still somehow being dropped in abundance on my street.
With no idea of the final output, or indeed the hygiene implications, I started to collect, scan, and record what I found. When I realised these colourful misshapen objects could be turned into something beautiful, the frustrations left me and I began looking for other sources of Detritus.
These collages gave me purpose during the pandemic and allowed me to grow something beautiful from a place of frustration. My aim is to simply give viewers of the work a fleeting moment of calm.
Unable to shoot anything, I’ve been making collections of things I find on the ground and scanning them to create composite images of otherwise ignored or discarded objects." - George McLeod...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Extraterrestrial Plantation
Located in Paris, IDF
Photograph on canvas, edition of 15
Vibrant Archival ink print on Epson matte finish Canvas. Canvas print with museum finish archival inks lasting more than 50 years in vibrancy and...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Sydney Opera House, Modern Photography Cover , Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover, February, 1987 Triple exposure of silhouetted men on a hill, against plexiglass colored shapes echoing the bold iconic architectural curves of the opera h...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Rocknrollartishow
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
78 x 78 cm - 30.7 x 30.7 in = $2200
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - WaBasAtt
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
100 x 100 cm - 39.4 x 39.4 in = $2800
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Rosh
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Grrr
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
80 x 80 cm - 31,5 x 31,5 in = $1,800
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
French Contemporary Photo by Olivier Attar - Emo
Located in Paris, IDF
Subligraphy (CHROMALUX) on aluminium
65 x 63 cm - 25,5 x 24,8 in = $1,600
Ed.1/15
Possibility of frame with additional costs
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
New York City Street Photography - Ephemeral Car Reflections
Located in Miami, FL
On a busy Manhattan street, unnatural light reflects off of windshields and forms a mind-bending abstraction of colors and shapes. In the background, four male mannequins stare at th...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sugarcane Moon-Limited Edition
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200), limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist.
Cheryl Maeder was bo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Everglades I
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200) limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist.
Cheryl Maeder was bor...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Street Art from the Rich - Palm Beach in Magenta and Orange with Lizard
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. This image is somewhat reminiscent of Monet's Haystacks in shape and use of backlighting. Use the 1st image for more accurate color. Palm Beach is Hedge Heaven with some of the most beautifully manicured streets in the United States. Hedge Fun - Palm Beach - Captures what Slim Arrons...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Mid Century Bar and Grill Neon Sign - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Located in Miami, FL
Vestiges of a bygone era, a funky old original neon sign acts as a beacon to the thirsty. Chromogenic archival print. Signed and dated on lower r...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Étendue: Hommage à Charles Gagnon
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
Enamel
Las Vegas Shopping Center Bonanza by Mitchell Funk Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mithcell Funk embraces his long-held graphic aesthetic highly keyed bold colors and strong design, while late afternoon light skims across the surface of an empt...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Embryon 11
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Laurent Lamarche’s objects strike a scientific chord in contrast to an art world overwrought with digital spectacles and ominous critique. Lamarche’s work bares a rigorous formalism ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
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
5447 - Edition 1/8 - can be horizontal or B/W - Diasec - Mounted on plexiglass
By Bob Tabor
Located in New York, NY
Water photography - abstract - can be horizontal or vertical.
About the Artist:
Known for his large format prints of equestrian portraits and stu...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Urban Sunbather, New York City - Smaller Print Size
Located in Miami, FL
Elevated view of women sunbathing on basketball court in New York City with unexpected color relationships.
The actual color will vary from monitor to monitor.
The work is Signed dat...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Embryon 10
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Laurent Lamarche’s objects strike a scientific chord in contrast to an art world overwrought with digital spectacles and ominous critique. Lamarche’s work bares a rigorous formalism ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Something More Than 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
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
Red Car Back Toronto
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell extracts color from a seemingly boring landscape. Eye-popping saturated primary colors, and an unexpected camera angle defines his visual style and springboards him into a c...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Empire State Building And American Flags, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Upward view of American Flags against deep blue sky with Empire State Building in the background.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dat...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
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.