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
Astrologist - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Astrologist” is a part of Alex Sher’s series "Reflections" - underwater photographs that could be mistaken for paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpieces by Picasso, D...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Window No.2 - Polaroid colour photography of window, Limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Window no.2'
Detail of Christ Church by architect John Peter Darvall.
2023
Printed on 30 x 30cm Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper.
Photograph is signed front and back and com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Color, Giclée, Polaroid
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris, Expressionist, Contemporary, Water
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Color Photography by Geoffrey Baris
Archival pigment print on museum fine art paper
Edition of 7
Includes certificate of authenticity. Signed and numbered by artist.
Custom...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Feared, Loved (Abstract Baroque Style Still Life Photo of Green Vines
Flowers)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted Baroque style still life photograph of colorful green vegetarian and flowers.
Available in multiple sizes (listed below)
Lisa Fran...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Digital Pigment
Lily in Charcoal No.2 - Limited Edition of 10 Abstract Expressionist Photograph
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.2' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Algas 45-V. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs Framed
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#92, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#86, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#70, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#64, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#50, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
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Pigment
#251, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#250, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#42, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Futurist Geometric Shapes, Triangles and Circles, White and Blue Transparencies
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Monotype, Paper, Other Medium
#255, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#254, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#248, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#239, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
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
$256 Sale Price
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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
$313 Sale Price
43% Off
Laminariales XIII. From the series Bosque Cyanotype photograph
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Algas 45-XIX. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Concrete ( 48 x 72" / 122 x 183cm )
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Concrete by Frank Schott
monochromatic details of architecture
48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm
edition of 7
signed
27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm
edition of 25
signed
archival fine ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$2,960 Sale Price
20% Off
"Brief Passes" Into the Light, Abstract Photography, Giclee Print, Numbered
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2025
Dimension: 40 x 60”
External Dimension( with white border) Height:40.8 in.( 103.63 cm) Width:60.8 in (154.43 cm) / Large Print
In Edition o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
The Sight: photograph by Black African American artist, girl w/ gold
cotton
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is the first print (#1) in a limited edition of 10 signed, titled, and numbered photographs titled "The Sight," by artist Tokie Rome-Taylor. The photograph itself measures 24" x...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
There, Here 01, From the Universe Within series. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Look Up 03, From the series Return to Source. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"Glimmering Blue" Into the Light, Abstract Photography, Giclee Print, Numbered
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Glimmering Blue" Into the Light, Abstract Photography, Giclee Print, Numbered 1/20
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2025
Dimension: 36 x 24” External Dimension( with white bor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
The Scream - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 35"x51"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An abstract composition capturing the dramatic interplay between vibrant crimson and stark white elements. The photograph presents a swirling vortex of deep red textures that dominat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ramunės no. 2
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Ramunės no. 2'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Photograph printed on heavyweight fine art paper.
COA Included.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
$326 Sale Price
20% Off
Ultramarine night - monocolor blue photography of pine tree
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Ultramarine night'
Klaipeda, Lithuania 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Giclée pigment method print on Hahnemühle photo rag baryta 308 gsm fine art paper.
Photograph is signed, stampe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
The Block 03, From the series The Journey. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Richmond flow - abstract black and white photograph of dark forest
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Richmond flow'
London, United Kingdom 2020
Limited edition of 20.
Printed on heavy-weight fine art paper.
Signed front and back, COA included.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
$326 Sale Price
20% Off
Bay boys
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Bay boys'
Dubrovnik, Croatia 2014
Limited edition of 20.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Wind stretched daydream - black and white photography, Limited edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Wind stretched daydream'
London, United Kingdom 2022.
Limited edition of 10.
Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these limited edition photographs are desi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Paper cut
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Paper cut'
London, United Kingdom 2021
Limited edition of 10.
Printed on fine art heavy-weight paper.
The photograph comes signed, and stamped with COA.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Giclée, Film, Photographic Film
$326 Sale Price
20% Off
She Said 01, From the series Power. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Into The Void 02, From the series Portal. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Manifest 02, From the series Power. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Laminariales III. From the series Bosque Cyanotype photograh
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Algas 45-IV. From the series Mareas. Cyanotype photograhs Mounted
By Paola Davila
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Water is constant in the artist's visual investigation, for her water is no longer the stage in which the body's memory bursts, but rather the environment and protagonist, constant o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Impression Photography Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography, limited to 5, signed by the author. Impression from a traveling journey, hope you like it.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$285 Sale Price
40% Off
#237, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#236, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
The Mask 03. From the series Making Sense. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blender 03. From the series Making Sense. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#230, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Alice - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 35" x 49"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Alice” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series Reflections - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as they bring up recollections of masterpiec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Galilei, Limited Edition of 03 + 01 AP Only 1 Available
Located in Miami, FL
Edition: Limited edition of 3 + 1 Artist Proof (only 1 available)
Medium: Archival pigment print on cotton canvas
From Eduardo Rezende’s acclaimed Lavori in Corso series, Galilei ex...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Archival Pigment
$7,120 Sale Price
44% Off
Untitled 11, From The Series Of While You Are Surfing
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The physical gestures that make up our interactions with touch-screen personal devices are intensely intimate, yet abstract signatures of our everyday browsing and messaging patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Clorofila, 2025
Located in Miami, FL
Clorofila emerges from Eduardo Rezende’s Lavori in Corso series, where the overlooked materials of construction sites become portals into abstraction, emotion, and hidden beauty. Her...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Archival Pigment
$7,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Gaze Into The Lake 02, From the series The Journey. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Misty Underwater Shapes, Mid-Century Modern Organic Blue, Handmade Monotype 2021
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Mulberry Paper
The Block 01, From the series The Journey. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Below 03, From the series The Journey. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
YELLOW Circle Photography Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Spicy yellow photography, abstract in limited edition of 5, signed by the author. It is up to YOU what you see...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$285 Sale Price
48% Off
Hole 1 - Abstract, limited, signed, print/photography
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print/Photography, abstract, limited 1/5, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
$285 Sale Price
86% Off
Look Up 01, From the series Return to Source. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist's computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
CoCreate 02, From the We Are One Series. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artists computer-generated paintings merge craftsmanship and technology, creating an eclectic and unique style. Through her art, she aims to illuminate the world.
Tcherassi's wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Abstract abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
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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