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
Untitled 7, 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
Untitled 1 NY. From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled 3 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
"Modernismo M37" Abstract Photography 48"x48" in Edition 3/12 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modernismo M37" Abstract Photography 48"x48" in Edition 3/12 by Giuliano Bekor
Title of artwork: M37
Inspired by Piet Mondrian artwork
Year: 2012
Printed on a high-quality museum-g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Streets of Kowloon (gold), Hong Kong - Abstract color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Streets of Kowloon Gold, part of Richard Heeps series photographing on the streets of Hong Kong in Kowloon in 2016 this stunning abstract piece is so striking in a room.
The whole 20...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Abstract II., Photography, Fine Art Print, Limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography, printed as fine art print, limited edition of 15, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$440 Sale Price
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Heterotopia #46 - Michel Foucault Philosophy French Garden Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #46' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Untitled 6 Miami. From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Heterotopia #93 - Michel Foucault French Philosophy Garden Abstract Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #93' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Purple Circles Photography Limited Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Abstract photography, very vivid colors, limited to 10, signed by the author. Evoking happiness and good mood.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
$335 Sale Price
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#217, 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
#214, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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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
#212, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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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
Letters
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Picture done during a city walk, evoking intensity, could be interesting in a modern interior. This one is framed. Limited edition of 50.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$1,076 Sale Price
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Untitled (W.O.F 04-11-14)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
#208, 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
Water Reflection of Fish Under Water, Pool Monotype Cyanotype in Blue Tones
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
Emulsion, C Print, Monotype, Photogram, Lithograph
"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
#14
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stilbon (Four)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Stilbon
Stilbon in the ancient Greek religion, is the sky god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury, and one of the Astra Planeta. The word, Stilbon, means sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
#203, 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
#202, 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
#200, 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
#199, 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
#191, 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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Brake, unique photograph on silk with sumi ink brushwork
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Brake, unique photograph on silk with sumi ink brushwork
Chaco Terada's relationship with photo-eye dates back about 15 years. Over this period I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
Hole 3 - Abstract, limited, signed, print/photography
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Photography / art print, limited 1/5, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
$287 Sale Price
86% Off
"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
Untitled (W.O.F 15-3)
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Works of Fire
When I look into the night sky I am awestruck by the darkness that is the universe. As the sparse light of the stars descends, I am entangled in a state of wonder, sea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Carts (motion blur, dream image, daily life, vivid colors)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jeffrey Tamblyn
Carts
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag
Year: 2021
Size: 16x20 inches
Edition: 50
Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label
COA provided
Ref.: 924802...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blanco 8, 2010 - Limited Edition Digital Photographic Print on Cotton paper
By Rosa Basurto
Located in Brighton, GB
Blanco 8 is a 30cm x 30cm digital print on 50cm x 50cm cotton paper in a limited edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs.
Rosa Basurto is a self-taught photographer from Spain who, within ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Untitled 13, 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, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Heterotopia #97 - Michel Foucault French Philosophy Garden Flowers Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #50' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
$5,571 Sale Price
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Untitled 28 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 13 Paris. From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled 25 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 27 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 30 Miami, 2018 From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 32 NY, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 16 Miami, From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Artificial Blast, 2009, From The Series Of While You Are Sleeping
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
‘While you are sleeping’ (Seascape Series) In his seascape works, Sukan manipulates his imagery connected to the constant tensions between the mental grasp of the specificity and rep...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Color
Untitled 4 NY. From The Series Of Public On Paper. Color Photograph
By Arslan Sükan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sukan has set out to identify alternative sites of public display and common space within the banal recesses of the everyday world. Collecting and adopting the sketch pads and papers...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Heterotopia #50 - Heterotopia Michel Foucault French Philosophy Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #50' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
#170, 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
#165, 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
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
#162, 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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Heterotopia #10 -
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #10' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Heterotopia #47 - Digital Photography Neon Michel Foucault French Philosophy
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #47' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Heterotopia #64 - Michel Foucault Heterotopia French Philosophy Photography
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
'Untitled #64' from the series Heterotopia is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval and is available in this size in an Edition of 5.
The vividly c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
#135, 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
#127, 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
Anesthesia - underwater photograph series REFLECTIONS - archival pigment 23x35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Anesthesia” is a part of Alex Sher’s popular series REFLECTIONS - underwater photographs that could be almost mistaken for abstract paintings as ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#124, 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
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Pigment
#123, 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
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Pigment
#115, 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
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Pigment
#114, 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
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#108, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
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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
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#104, 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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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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