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
Chrysler Building Top, Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver
Located in Miami, FL
In the is photograph "Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver", the photographer makes a statement about new and old architectural forms.
Signed dated and number...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Hedge Fun - Bal Harbor - Miami Beach, Landscaping in Red and Violet
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-heeled homeowners, high-end condos and ritzy commercial establishments. Shrubs, bushes and trees are transf...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Street Art from the Rich -Hedge Fun - Sunset Island - Miami Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is.
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-heeled homeowners, high-e...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
"TIME TA25" (FRAMED) Photography 72" x 48" inch Edition 2/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"TIME TA25" (FRAMED) Photography 72" x 48" inch Edition 2/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Title: Time TA25
Year: 2018
Print size: 72" x 48" Inches
Artwork finished size: 73" x 49" Inches Limited edition 2 of 4
Artist proof: 2
Medium:
The artwork is printed on the highest resolution museum-quality polished aluminum with a high-gloss finish. Infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets The waterproof scratch-resistant surface hygienic and durable medium. Comes in a custom gallery-style floater frame in a semi-gloss silver-face finish. Comes with a heavy-duty wooden liner float mount hanger. This artwork comes with two customizable time zone clocks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Into the Next Future One
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In my work, I explore the tension and interaction between inner experience and physical form, with notions of depth and spatiality playing a central role. My artworks embody thoughts...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Acrylic Polymer, Platinum
Young girl in an Couture Pink Dress, Fashion Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The interplay of light and shadow, greys and magenta transform a portrait of a flamboyantly dressed young girl into an optically engaging abstraction composed of alternating patterns...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Miami Causeway in Blue, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The underside of a blue bridge in Miami is transformed into a statement of about urban color. It's a hauntingly beautiful night image of Miami in blue and is punctuated with a red st...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Urban Art Bus Driver and Graffiti, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art comes to the intersection of street photography.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
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
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography.
Yellow Girl in Blue Bars is a grab shot. The result is a vibrant interplay of primary colors. Blue bars and blue jeans merge with yellow hair and yellow shoes...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Empire State building Multiple Exposure Zoom
Located in Miami, FL
Six in-camera exposures with yellow, green and red filters on a single frame of Kodacrome while moving the position of the camera and zooming yields a striking semi-abstract color i...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Red Brick Building Facade Street Scene in New York City by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late light skims off the brick facade of a historic red brick building in Manhattan. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk creates an image that is both a realistic document of an urban...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Sundown Ride
Located in Fairfield, CT
Also available 50 x 70 in. $9,500, edition of 10.
Christine Matthäi was born in Germany. She lives and works between Shelter Island, New York, Germany and the Bahamas. Her LIGHT a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Rainbow of Color Refection in Car Window - (Abstract Photography)
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran Street Photographer Mitchell Funk encountered a newly painted wall in Queens, New York. Next to the wall was a newly washed red car. This was red meat subject matter for...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Las Vegas Shopping Center Bonanza by Mitchell Funk Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mithcell Funk embraces his long-held graphic aesthetic highly keyed bold colors and strong design, while late afternoon light skims across the surface of an empt...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue Central Park South with Kelly Green Roof
Located in Miami, FL
The Plaza Hotel in New York City looks differently in this detailed view. Photographer Mitchell Funk has honed in on a less studied part of the historic French Renaissance-inspired ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Times Square during snowstorm and American Flag
Located in Miami, FL
Tight and graphic compositions with creative lighting are a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work.
Signed, Dated, number Lower left 2/15 recto, unframed, other size available
Mitchell F...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Strip Club Neon Sign on Skid Row San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
A seedy night street scene becomes an art statement through the lens of Mitchell Funk. He transforms a gaudy commercial sign into a colorful abstraction with the blur of car lights i...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
manhattanhenge, Big Sun Sunset Manhattan Street Golden Light Silhouetted People
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattanhenge is a unique moment where the sun aligns with the east to west grid structure of the street. This was done on 72nd Street in ManhattanSigned, dated lower and numbered ...
Category
2010s 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
Surreal Landscape Sci-Fi Landscape - Modern Photography Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Aesthetically, this image is generations ahead of it's time. It looks so contemporary but was done in the early 1980's in the pre-digital ear. It was a Modern Photography Cover 198...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Street Art: Literally. New York City Rainy Day with Purple Umbrella
Located in Miami, FL
City road workers inadvertently become modern-day Steet Artists. Mitchell Funk in a continuing series, captures the colorful diagram mark-ups that city road crews use to plot out th...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Twin Towers , World Trade Center Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
The image is signed dated lower right signed dated and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available, printed later
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colorful Street Art Reflected in Car - Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk achieves a heightened a dramatic effect of color as he shoots the reflection of the street art in a car. Through Funk's lens, the car becomes the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Bridge Multiple Exposure in Magenta and Blue, City Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
In the early 1970s, color photography was not really considered to be art by any standard. Mitchell Funk is one of the early trailblazers of color photography as fine art. In this ...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bright Green Car In Front Victorian House, San Francisco, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco victorian house.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Can a street ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Signs and Shapes Primary Colors , Modern Photography Cover by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover , August 1978 ( Editors flipped the image. The correct way is yellow arrows on bottom
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15, Unf...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur - Mitchell Funk Street Photographer
Located in Miami, FL
Embracing a need to innovate in color photography in 1975, Mitchell Funk, takes a new approach to the interpreting the New York skyline. In "Chrysler Building Manhattan Blur" Funk depicts the vibrant emotion of the city rather than a straight forward document of it. The blur technique and subject matter are a perfect fit for the city that never sleeps.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso. Edition: 2/15 Unframed, other size available printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Beginning in the late 1960’s, Mitchell Funk has spanned 5 decades of photo innovation.
He’s a 10 trick pony...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
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Blue Ferns and a Hint of Magenta. Sculpture Garden
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Natural shapes become abstract living plant sculptures. With the right light and composition, a garden is really a sculpture garden. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Flatiron Building with New Sun
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
New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
New York Skyline at Night with River Reflection with vibrant and intense color by Photographer Mitchell Funk.
Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Red Car Back Toronto
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell extracts color from a seemingly boring landscape. Eye-popping saturated primary colors, and an unexpected camera angle defines his visual style and springboards him into a c...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Urban Art Bus Driver, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street art come to the intersection of street photography.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Statue Of Liberty Framed By Trees And Streetlamp In Battery Park, New York
Located in Miami, FL
Statue Of Liberty and New York Harbor is framed with a light post and silhouetted of trees.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Old Boats In Iceland With Blue Reflections In Water, Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Blue and yellow reflections of fishing boats in the water with tones blue and yellow.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbe...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Yellow Flowers and Pink Flowers in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Nature transforms into abstract colors and shapes as it's sculptured by a defining late light. Fine Art photographer Mitchell Funk exagerates color and uses color less as a means of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Chrysler Building And Empire State Building, Pink Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
New York City skyline from Roosevelt Island in pink and mauve colors.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unfram...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Pigment
The Road To Monument Valley - Surreal Road in Desert
Located in Miami, FL
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Four Corners at dawn.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fi...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Brooklyn Bridge and Building
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other sized available, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage mid-century motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and printed late...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
A Man and his Dog in a New York City Park
Located in Miami, FL
. Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense ligh...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Midtown Manhattan Skyscrapers
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available,other sizes available
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
Psychedelic Forrest
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk. He was Color when Color wasn't Cool.
Conceptualized and executed in 1971, when color photography was not recognized as fine art, this group of abstract, negative colo...
Category
1970s 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
Brooklyn Bridge in Blue and Gold, Color Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed , Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
1980s 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
Hard Edge Abstraction - Signs and Shapes, Modern Photography Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Modern Photography Cover , August 1978
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15, Unframed. Printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Other size...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Abstract Reflections in Madison Avenue Store Window, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Mannequin in store window on Madison Avenue in New York City.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right r...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Hasidic Jewish Family Williamsburg Brooklyn In Golden Light, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouette of a Hasidic Jewish Family walking in front of the Williamsburg Bridge bathed in Godly light.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Colored Walls, 42nd st. New York
Located in Miami, FL
Color field painting meets Color Photography
Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3of 15. Unframed. Other size available, printed later
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
American Flag Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100 Times Square monumental digital screens reflect colorful image on to a rainfull street Punctuated by a solitary figure carry an umbrella with the sam...
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
Sliced Photo Collage on Black Bristol ONE : photography collage
Located in New York, NY
Barbara Rosenthal’s Conceptual Photography is a concrete manifestation of complex inner stresses from external realities of all kinds: physical, familial, political, religious, time,...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Board, Giclée
Golf Course Green
Located in Miami, FL
Golf Green
A large area of Yellowish Green covers the pictorial surface and accented by a terra cotta building in the foreground. The photographer captures the perfect moment on wha...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hedge Fun - South Beach - Miami Beach
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The true color is most accurate in the 1st image when you expand it to the larger size.
Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned b...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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