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
Istan Petal
Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
Located in London, GB
' Istan Petal ' Oversize Archival Pigment print Framed in white
A Bougenvillia petal floats on the surface of a swimming pool.
(photo Stuart Möller)
Archival Pigment Print sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Prophetess - photograph of an underwater reflection - archival print 19 x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
“Prophetess” 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 maste...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Stilbon (Seven)
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 shining.
All works are contact p...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (W.O.F 15-2)
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 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (W.O.F 2-16)
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 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled (W.O.F 17-16)
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 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dogwood Canopy 2
Located in Westport, CT
Jeri Eisenberg creates nature inspired works in single panels, diptychs and triptychs. Her soft colored photographic pieces are created using non-traditional and alternative photo-ba...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Encaustic, Handmade Paper
White Books Photography Fine Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The item White Books could be also delivered framed. I like the color, the quietness of the situation when I took the picture. Edition of 15, signed by the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
$402 Sale Price
72% Off
Changing Moods pink 2- Floral landscape pink color contemporary abstract photo
Located in New York, NY
Belgian photographer Isabelle Menin creates portraits of flowers that are not only gorgeous in form and color, but also uniquely expressive. Fresh blossoms and withering blooms melt ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blue 2 - Signed limited edition abstract print, Large Format, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Blue 2- Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigm...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Flux # 202517 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Edition: 1/3
Paul Snell is an Australian artist who blurs the boundaries between photography and painting, creating contemplative works that replace constant image saturation with m...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Concrete, Enamel
On the Edge of Nothingness n°52, Giclee Print, 24x36 Abstract Art
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
On the edge of nothingness / n°51 / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2024
Dimension: 24 x 36"
External Dimension( with white border) : Height: 25.6 in.( 65.02 cm) Wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Revere Beach, MA
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This large silver gelatin photograph with untrimmed margins is signed and titled in pencil in the margin under the image. Likely printed in the 1990s.
Category
1950s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$3,600 Sale Price
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Between
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The photo was done during a lovely walk in the park during the pandemic.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
$249 Sale Price
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Hodge-Podge
By Jim Dingilian
Located in East Quogue, NY
Small bleached found abstract photographic artwork by Jim Dingilian. Offered framed in plexiglass.
Frame size: 5 x 6.25 inches
Paper size: 3 3/8 x 4.75 inches
Jim Dingilian makes ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
$289 Sale Price
24% Off
Ephemera, Huangshan, China
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Ephemera, Huangshan, China, 2017
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bridge Lane
Located in New York, NY
Michael Williams, Untitled Landscape 1, Color Landscape Photograph on Paper, 2010 -
Colors: Gray, Green, Brown, Yellow
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hampton Fields
Located in New York, NY
Michael Williams, Untitled Landscape 4, Color Photograph on Paper, 22 x 32, 2010 -
Colors: Blue, Gold, Brown, Green
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Corkscrews
Located in Plano, TX
"Corkscrew" is a classic example of my abstract PhotoLuminism technique. When light travels, the human eye cannot see its trails, but the camera can and does. Capturing images this w...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
$1,800 Sale Price
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Foggy Fields
Located in New York, NY
Michael Williams, Untitled Landscape 3, Color Photograph on Paper, 22 x 32, 2010 -
Colors: Gold, Yellow, Brown, Gray
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
#199, 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 Photography
Materials
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photosynthesis: Abstract Geometric Photography on Cotton Canvas, 2023
Located in Miami, FL
Part of Eduardo Rezende’s Billboard series, this work explores the dialogue between image, architecture, and illusion. In this series, Rezende photographs urban façades and overlays ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Abstract Persian calligraphy limited edition photogravure ink print, black/white
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nazanin Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature painting, and music. The abstracted calligraphy text in her "Words from My Mother" seri...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Photogravure
Great Dune
By Paul Dempsey
Located in East Hampton, NY
Snow Fence on Dunes in the Hamptons
Black & White Photography
Printed to order
edition of 10
Title: Great Dune
Year: 2018
Medium: Photography (printed on metal)
Size: 20" x 30" (lar...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Breathe # 202503 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Edition: 1/3
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the screw-eye system if it needs support from wire or above.
Available in 4-5 weeks turnaro...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Thomas Struth, Wall Detail, James Simon Galerie, Signed Photograph, Architecture
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Struth (German, born 1954)
Wall Detail, James Simon Galerie, Berlin, 2019
Medium: Inkjet print back-mounted on Alu-Dibond, set in archival cardboard (as issued)
Print dimensio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Cardboard, Inkjet
"Empire in Green" New York, Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited Ed.
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Empire in Green / From the series of Lights of New York / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2021
Dimension: 48 x 32"
External Dimension( with white border) Height: 48....
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Gaia 129 - Black and White Monochrome Spanish Mountain Landscape Diptych
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia Diptych 129 - Black and White Monochrome Spanish Mountain Landscape Diptych by Jaume Llorens Bach
Gaia Diptych 129 is is a 18cm x 24cm Black and White Photographic print on Pre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Digital, Photographic Paper
Man Ray, Electricite Rayograph, 1931, Framed Heliogravure
By Man Ray
Located in Barcelona, ES
Framed Rayograph Heliogravure by Man Ray for Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Electricite´, 1931.
Printed in Heliogravure and signed in the negative.
Limited to 500 copies.
...
Category
1930s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper
Selassie IX by Luca Marziale - volcanic landscape photography, purple, Ethiopia
Located in Paris, FR
Selassie IX is a photograph from the Testament series by contemporary photographer Luca Marziale.
Dimensions :
* 30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm), edition of 10
* 45 x 45 inches (11...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Barbara Hocker, Water Verse V, 2019, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital
Songs For Dead Heroes # 9 abstract pastel color floral landscape photo montage
Located in New York, NY
This pastel color abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
The Long Night - NYC Skyline Photography, 30"x40", Signed Limited Edition of 10
By Viet Chu
Located in New York, NY
" I took this picture when New York was the epicenter of the Covid pandemic in the U.S., to reflect the idea that the nights are always darkest before they turn bright. As it turned ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large format vintage multiple exposure female nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure female nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Ar...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Unfold - black and white abstract flower photograph, limited edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Unfold is a black-and-white abstract botanical photograph by Ugnė Pouwell, exploring form, shadow, and layered texture. A sculptural floral presence emerges from soft, drifting silho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Unfold - black and white abstract flower photograph, limited edition of 15
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Unfold is a black-and-white abstract botanical photograph by Ugnė Pouwell, exploring form, shadow, and layered texture. A sculptural floral presence emerges from soft, drifting silho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Barbara Hocker, Water Verse XVI, 2022, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Panel, Digital, Monotype
Old Cadillac
By Brett Weston
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Limited edition of 35. Number 14 of 35. From the “Twenty Photographs, 1970-1977” Portfolio.
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lily in Charcoal no.3
abstract expressionism photography edition 5 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.3' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Barbara Hocker, Water Moments III, 2019, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital
Barbara Hocker, Water Verse XIV, 2022, encaustic, photography, Naturalism
Located in Darien, CT
Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art.
Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital, Panel, Monotype
Dahlia on Ink #2 - floral film photography, Limited edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Dahlia on Ink #2' 2023
Black and white floral film photography combination with ink painting. Made using a large format 4x5 film camera, developed in the studio by the artist.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Untitled X. From LenkPlay Series. Limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The exploration of the concept of play as an artistic impulse presents playful, almost "baroque-written"photographs that are the result of a repeated (recycled) notion of play. Start...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
C3H6-PRO-01 Abstract Digital Pigment Print on Plexiglass, 21st Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Informed by microbiology, Laurent Lamarche’s sculptural installations and photographic production look like living unidentified microorganisms. Its narrative is ambiguous, constantly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Plexiglass
Contemporary large figurative painting of women on paper "Bound in grace"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“Bound in Grace” is a contemporary figurative–abstract painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her ongoing series dedicated to women, solidarity, emotional connection, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Looking Glass
By Susie Loucks
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Time lapse photograph
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Rhythm: Abstract Geometric Photography on Canvas, Signed Edition
Located in Miami, FL
A study in light, geometry, and repetition — Rhythm transforms an architectural façade into an abstract composition of texture and shadow. The warm glow of the setting sun softens th...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Strata # 202501 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Unique.
Paul Snell is an Australian artist who blurs the boundaries between photography and painting, creating contemplative works that replace constant image saturation with moment...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Concrete
Anesthesia - underwater photograph - series REFLECTIONS - archival print 35x52"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Lost in a sea of rich saturation of dark and light blue colors, a feminine form gracefully traverses the expanse of the water. Alex Sher’s “Anesthesia” invites us into an abstracted ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Flux 01 -Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Flux 1 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks
Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Dealer - large format art photograph of contemporary Americana
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dealer by Frank Schott
27 x 40 inches / 67cm x 102cm
edition of 25
signed
48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm
edition of 7
signed
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Anna Golovanova - "Composition with Gold and Brown" - Digital Art Photography
Located in Winterswijk, NL
"Composition with Gold and Brown", photography by the artist Anna Golovanova.
Abstract digital compositions.
Extravagant play with form and colour.
Country of Origin: Russia.
Signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Song for dead heroes #2 dark color abstract floral landscape photo composition
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
A Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype, "Saltwater Gradient, var 9"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag Paper, Mounted on Wood Panel by artist Annalise Neil. Its dimensions are 6" x 6. A certificate of authenti...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chrysler Building Art Deco Skyscraper
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes an abstract design statement as seen thru the lens of Mithcell Funk
Striking graphic design with found elements is a signature style of Mitchell Funk. He brings ...
Category
1980s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Rastro VIII 2008 by Concha Prada Color Digital Photograph Edition of 3
Located in Madrid, MD
Spanish artist Concha Prada (born 1963, León, Spain) explores the boundaries between photography and painting, using photographic language as a means to reflect on pictorial space an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autumn #70, abstract aerial landscape photograph
Located in New York, NY
Kacper Kowalski began his career as a landscape photographer, far before
the preeminence of drones or Google Earth, strapping himself into a
gyrocopter and exploring his native Pola...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ink 2- Signed limited edition abstract art print, Large format blue contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Ink 2 - Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered by a...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Di...
Song for Dead Heroes #5 bright floral abstract landscape photo
Located in New York, NY
This abstract floral landscape photography has a dramatic sense of composition which recalls the careful arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Paul Snell, Michael Banks, and Seb Janiak. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Pigment Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract photography, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $36,000, while the average work sells for $3,359.