Abstract 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
Spring Ikebana - mixed media photography and painting, Limited edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Spring Ikebana'
London, United Kingdom 2024
The bold moving brushstrokes in the background represent the unpredictable and often overwhelming nature of the world. They can be seen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, ...
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 Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Franco Fontana (Italian, born 1933)
Title: Los Angeles, California
1979
Edition 6/15
Medium: dye-transfer
Dimensions: Frame 21.5 x 29.25. Sight 13 x 19.5
Provenance: Monique Goldst...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Landscape Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Franco Fontana (Italian, born 1933)
Title: Landscape
1987
Edition 6/15
Medium: dye-transfer
Dimensions: Frame 21.5 x 27.5. Sight 12 x 20. Provenance: Monique Goldstrom Gallery
Franc...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Italian Vintage Dye Transfer Photograph Franco Fontana Color Varsavia Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Franco Fontana (Italian, born 1933)
Title: Varsavia, (Warsaw, Poland streetscape with buildings)
1977
Medium: dye-transfer
Dimensions: Frame 28.5 x 20.5. Sight 20 x 13.
Provenance: M...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Fields of the Sun 49 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Fields of the Sun 49 (Abstract photography)
Film photograph, archival print on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper — Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
Limited edition of 10 + 1 AP...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Fields of the Sun 167 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Fields of the Sun, 29 (Abstract photography)
Film photograph, archival print on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper — Unframed.
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
Limited edition of 10 + ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Fields of the Sun, 29 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Fields of the Sun, 29 (Abstract photography)
Archival pigment print Hahnemühle 310gsm paper — Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
Limited edition of 10 + 1 AP
(Meta-Landsc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Fields of the Sun, 26 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Fields of the Sun, 26 (Abstract photography)
Archival pigment print Hahnemühle 310gsm paper — Unframed.
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
Limited edition of 10 + 1 AP
40” x 50”...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Entering The Hive
By Antoine Rose
Located in Madrid, ES
After receiving his first camera at the age of 8 years old, self-taught photographer Antoine Rose developed an eye for the medium through his travels and time spent taking photos of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Singer and Alter Ego ed. 4/10
By Bill Rastetter
Located in San Diego, CA
Digital photograph with glossy coat on acrylic panel.
Artist statement:
Graffiti Mash-Up Series, 2014
In January 2014, I visited Buenos Aires, Argentina. The city has developed a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Panel, Digital Pigment
Green Abstracted Ikat Photograph
By Janet Van Arsdale
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning green abstract photograph reminiscent of Ikat fabric by Janet Van Arsdale (American, 20th Century). Signed in pencil lower left corner. Presented in black frame with double ...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Giclée, Ink, Photographic Paper
Spring Ikebana - mixed media photography and painting, Limited edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Spring Ikebana'
London, United Kingdom 2024
The bold moving brushstrokes in the background represent the unpredictable and often overwhelming nature of the world. They can be seen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, ...
Vintage Morris Louis press photographs MoMa (Morris Louis Alpha Alpha Albireo)
By Morris Louis
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Morris Louis MoMa New York 1986:
Rare 1980s Morris Louis press photographs featuring Morris Louis's Alpha Alpha & Albireo:
Silver-gelatin prints: set of 2 individual works.
Dimensi...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Thomas Ruff, Substrat - Contemporary Photography, Abstract Art, Signed Print
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
Substrat, 2019
Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: 32 × 45.8 cm (12 3/5 × 18 in)
Edition of 300: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Times Square Cell Phone in Neon Reds - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses a Nikon Z8 mirrorless megapixel camera to photograph the screen of a Times Square tourist's cell phone camera. The resulting image is a photogr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Wood 1 / Abstract / photography / art print / signed / limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Wood 1. is photography, signed in limited edition of 5. I admire the old craftsmanship and the result, even a fragment is preserved.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gold in Grey Photography Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gold in Grey, photography, signed and inspired by a pool and a hot summer day.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Pillow II. /Photography / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow II. photography belongs to a concept of three photographies done on a sole bank in a park. Will be signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tumbling Wave 4 (21 x 21" square abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Blue in Grey Photography Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Blue in Grey is a part from an originally bigger picture. I like the pattern. Photography will be signed and could be adjusted also in a frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Highest Mountain Diptych II (Two hand-printed 22 x 22 inch abstract cyanotypes)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though these two separate 22.5 x 22.5 inch monotypes resemble abstract watercolor paintings with their soft gradations and luminous quality, they are actually a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print.
These square prints of the same size and hues can be hung as a horizontal diptych or vertical. No two of Christine So...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Candida Höfer, Colored Wood: Signed Photograph, Abstract Photography
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, born 1944)
Colored Wood, 2017
Medium: C-Print
Dimensions: 56 × 57.7 cm (22 × 22 7/10 in)
Edition of 100: Hand-signed and numbered on verso
Condtion: Mint
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Sea Cliffs 7 (Hand-printed 40 x 20 inch abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Mohamed Yakub Color Long Exposure Photograph Teal Abstract Horizontal Kenyan
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mohamad does not use titles for his photographs. Such naming or framing can constrain or shape a viewer’s engagement with an image. Without such titles, his imagery conjures imagi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sea Cliffs 6 (Hand-printed 40 x 20 inch abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Ink Blot #4
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Ink Blot #3
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Ink Blot #2
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Pillow I. / Photography / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow I. is a special pillow - made from stone, located in a park. I liked the pattern, signed photography.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Green and Green.../ Print / Photography / Limited /Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Green and Green is a photography-print, limited 1/5 and signed. Inspiration was a very warm and sunny day, hopefully evoking calm and positive mood. When framed in a black frame with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Greige - Photograph by Vito Difilippo - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Photograph taken with Polaroid Now+ camera. Unique piece, embossed, signed on the back, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Abstract Wall - Photograph by Vito Difilippo - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Photograph taken with Polaroid Now+ camera. Unique piece, embossed, signed on the back, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Shadows Kept Alive No.119", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 119” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.65", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 65” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.72", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 72” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.59", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No.59” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.111", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 111” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.90", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 90” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.70", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 70” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.48", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 48” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.25", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 25” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.2", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 2” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Absolut/Photography/Limited/Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Absolut is an abstract photography, limited to 10 and signed. I like the momentum mood which the photography is evoking - for me F. Kupka. The picture was taken during a work process...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
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Photographic Paper
Poolside Barcelona 200
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ramunės - abstract analogue black and white floral photography, Ltd. 20
Located in London, GB
'Ramunės'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Photograph printed on heavyweight fine art paper.
Photograph is shipped fast and flat in secure thick cardboard packa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
At Play in the Fields (lacrosse, female athletes, sports, night, motion blur)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
At Play in the Fields
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 17x22 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-939
Mot...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Archival Pigment
Glory (abstract photo, muted colors, street scene)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Glory
Medium: Digital Photography
Year: 2021
Size: 20x16 in
Edition: 25
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-936
Bright abstract motion-blur image of a street crowd. Archival pigment print on lightly textured cotton rag paper.
abstract photo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poolside Somewhere Barcelona 500
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Gold Leaf
Beach Club Sunshine
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Gold Leaf
All of Us
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Splendid
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Together
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Gold Leaf
Afternoon Cool
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Boat Club
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Gold Leaf
Cafe Streetside 9pm
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sail Classico
By Mark Jackson
Located in Tulsa, OK
Each work Jackson makes is a one-of-one original using his proprietary silver and ink suspension technique - a process that unfolds over weeks of dedicated development through layers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bleed # 202402 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202402 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas — Unframed.
Edition: 1/3.
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar sup...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract 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 abstract 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, red, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Seb Janiak, and Michael Banks. 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 abstract photography, so small editions measuring 2.38 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract 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 $105 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,580.
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