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
Running Dog among the Shadows, Neutral Palette
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.
The black and white patterning of a running dog blends into an larger overall patten of late afternoon shadows that seem be...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Royal Poinciana Abstract in Lavender, Purple and Green
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping is $100.
Art made by God.
The first photo enlarged should be most accurate for color. You will see delicate purple, lavender and green hues
Shot with a Hi-res 36 megap...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
April 《人间四月》
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
Crying Osprey
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
Hedge Fun - South Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 -
The true color is most accurate in the 1st image when you expand it to the larger size.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 recto, unframed, other size...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Orange Tree - Neutral Palette, Nature Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
In Orange Tree, nature becomes an abstract of vibrant color.
Shot with a Hi-res 36 megapixel camera which yields beautiful detail.
The true color is most accurate in the 1st image ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
《人间四月》April
By Fu Wenjun
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fu Wenjun, 1955, is a famous Chinese contemporary artist. He creates principally through the art media of photography, installation, sculpture and oil painting, and has put forward t...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Manhattan Buildings Blur
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. -
Signed and dated numbered lower right recto Edition: 2/15 Unframed, other size available
Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Panda Pandemonium Coney Island Teddy Bear
Located in Miami, FL
Cute and cuddly Panda Bears lined are lined unexpectedly as their signature graphic black and white shapes interact with the surrounding colored walls.
Inkjet Archival Print
43 × 29...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure
Located in Miami, FL
This in-camera multiple exposure with colored gels is generations ahead of its time.
It was taken 53 years ago and looks very contemporary today.
Mit...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in Blue and Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, unframed, other sizes available
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Pyramids with Terracotta Magenta Art Deco Head
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The timelessness of pyramids is punctuated with a dreamy terracotta classcial head.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available Printed on Hah...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
White Roses, Red Roses, Butterflies, Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, dated, numbered 4/15, lower right, unframed, other sizes available
'Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Forest of Glass with Bronze Nymph
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colored Geometric Walls, 42nd st. New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 - Colored Geometric Walls, 42nd st. New York City is what it looked like before they were razes for a new skyscraper. Color field painting meets Color...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Forest of Glass with Bronze Nymph
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around a $100. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Funky Red Chicken and Girl with Dreamy Blue Dress
Located in Miami, FL
A young girl in a dreamy blue dress takes her red chicken out for a walk.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 4/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later Printed on H...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
42nd St. Diamond Stud
Located in Miami, FL
Adult movie marquees of old 42nd street in 1970. Double header, ABC's of Marriage and Diamond Stud
Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 2 of 15. Unf...
Category
1960s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Inkjet
Cherry Blossoms Central Park Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Blossoms in full bloom adorn the verdant fields of Central park and make beautiful abstract patters.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes a...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
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
Flatiron Building Multiple Exposure
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated lnumbered ower right, recto. Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later
This work is decades ahead of it's time. An in camera multiple exposure...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbers 4/15 lower right recto, other sizes available. unframed , printed later
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
Warby Parker Prescriptions
Located in Miami, FL
In Manhattan, a vintage turquoise sign pops out from a dark background and creates a powerful graphic composition. The fine art photograph is Signed, dated and numbered lower right...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Airplanes Yellow Sky
Located in Miami, FL
Graphic depiction of a regional airport on Long Island.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Arrows
Located in Miami, FL
Arrows and Sun, Modern Photography Magazine Cover, August 1978, Created 1976 Signed and dated lower right, numbered and dated on verso, Printed Later, Unframed 4/15. Other size avail...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$7,800
San Francisco Geometric Yellow Interior
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated and number lower right, 3/15, printed later, other sizes available. unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wheelbarrows
Located in Miami, FL
Utilitarian objects whose primary purpose is to transport dirt are transformed into beautiful objects of visual pleasure.
Signed , dated numbered on lower right, 2/15, other size ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
The Freemont Sign
Located in Miami, FL
Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs. Mitchell Funk doubles down...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic 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
New York City Snowstorm
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed and dated and numbered on the lower right, Edition: 3/15 Unframed, Other sizes available.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Snow Traffic in New York City, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Shot in Manhattan
The uploaded video on 1s...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Twin Towers, World Trade Center with Green Filter
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. The image is signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available, Printed Later
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blue and Yellow Wall
Located in Miami, FL
Photography meets color field painting in the is stunning abstract image captured by the photographer as he was walking the streets of San Francisco
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Forest of Glass
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around a $100. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 2/15 unframed, other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Brooklyn Bridge and Old Man
Located in Miami, FL
Brooklyn Bridge and Old Man was done in 1969 decades before digital. the Artist uses exactor razor blades to scratch out color gel and then assembles them all together on a 35mm sli...
Category
1960s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Taos Mission, New Mexico- San Francisco de Asis, Mystical Negative Color
Located in Miami, FL
Taos Mission, New Mexico San Francisco de Asis in Negative Color -
The work is Signed dated and numbered lower right, 2/15, Printed Later, and Unframed Printed on Hahnemühle Fine ...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Guggenheim block, Red Street, New York
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated lower right, numbered on verso, 3/10, other sizes available, not framed, Ink Jet Archival Print
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photograph of God - Spirituality
Located in Miami, FL
Can a photograph capture spirituality? Can a photography in itself be spiritual? The pure essence of spiritual energy transforms a Manhattan skyscraper into a 50 story deity of glowi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Purple Street Performer
Located in Miami, FL
Purple Street Performer
Shot in San Francisco.
Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blue Bus. Red Hat
Located in Miami, FL
Blue Bus. Red Hat.
It's a portrait but is more about the interaction of primary colors, shape and precise composition.
Signed, dated lower right and numbere...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Selfie in Times Square
Located in Miami, FL
Selfie in Times Square
Signature: Signed , Dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mother and Child Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Mother and Child Abstract
Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 3 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sentinel Building
Located in Miami, FL
Sentinel Building is a distinctive copper-green Flatiron style structure is bounded by Columbus Avenue, Kearny Street is shown like never before
Signed , dated lower right and n...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Jelly Bean Man, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Jelly Bean Man, San Francisco charms us with bight tasty color and creativity - Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed,...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Yellow Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 2 /15
Powerful and unexpected graphic shows that street photography does not have to be gritty or about social is...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Umbrellas in New York Rain
Located in Miami, FL
Umbrellas in New York Rain. Bold and beautiful graphic patter in New York's street environment is isolated from a high vantage point and capture by an 800mm lens
Signed and dated o...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Manhattan Bridge and Yellow Sign
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattan Bridge and Yellow Sign is a trailblazing work done decade ahead of it's time. The work depicts a common New York scene but rendered in deep saturated blues and eye poppin...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York Street Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
New York Street Abstract .
This is actually a straight shot. Taken from a high angle looking down, the photographer uses reflective neon street light...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York Parade of Building
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photography Pioneer Mitchell Funk, innovates color photography style in 1975. Using a polarizing filter and stopping down to F22 on depth of field, Funk creates a simplifie...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Haight-Ashbury
Located in Miami, FL
Haight-Ashbury in full bloom. I single Hippie like figure is framed perfectly in the doorway to give this beautiful urban graphic scale.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
House Zoom East Hampton
Located in Miami, FL
House Zoom East Hampton. A grey night comes alive with color as Mitchell Funk exploits a available street lighting with a long exposure and zoom Signature: Signed and dated on low...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sledding in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
A festive crowd exploits a rare snow fall in New York. Colorful people fill the picture in an "All-over" composition as if it were an energenic Jackson Pollock drip and splash pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
China Town San Francisco - Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Large horizontal areas of aquamarine blue at juxtaposed with magenta and yellow create a dynamic and lively pictorial surface for a San Francisco facade
signed and dated on lower r...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red Hat over Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Uncanny red shape contrasts with soft blues. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Trans America Building, San Francisco in Magical Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colored Boots Times Square
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso 2/15 , unframed. Other sizes available, other sizes available , printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Construction Worker on Roof
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Old and New
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, . Unframed , Other sizes available
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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.