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
#148, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
GUILIANO BEKOR - Modernismo M102
Located in PARIS, FR
MODERNISMO - LIMITED EDIITON OF 10 - SIGNED ON THE FRONT
Pure photography, inspired by the historically significant pop art and the undulating forms of the nude human body. The patt...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
We Are Ghosts - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
$2,041 Sale Price
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Ouroboros suns desert road (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Ouroboros suns desert road (Abstract painting)
Mix media, C-print, and acrylic paint on a wood mount - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic, C Print
ID No. 4 The Confident. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
ID No. 5 The Naive. Limited edition photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In this early photographic series, Dubravka Lazić turns her lens toward a subject rarely treated with such a quiet dignity: domestic cats. Shot in 2005, these portraits mimic the fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, 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
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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
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
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled 134 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 134 (Abstract Photography)
C print - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his ph...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Neptune, Abstract Photography, Portraits, Giclee Print, Numbered Editions 1/5
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2025
Dimension: 20 x 34.7" External Dimension( with white border) : Height:35.5 inch Weight: 20.8 inch
In Edition of 1/5 + 2AP
Certified
Conditi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Giclée
$2,000 Sale Price
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No. 48354 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 48354 (Abstract Photography)
Photography / Archival pigment print — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
Colors (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Colors (Abstract Photography)
Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are sealed...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
#43, 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 Photography
Materials
Pigment
Mountain Sunrise 3 (Cyanotype framed to 29 x 23 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Blue Valley 2 (Cyanotype framed to 29 x 23 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Endless Hills Diptych (pair of abstract cyanotypes each framed to 16 x 16")
Located in Oakland, CA
Though these resemble watercolor paintings owing to their soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. This is a mu...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Eternity (24 x 18 inch abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Sea Cliffs Diptych II ( Pair abstract cyanotypes each framed to 25 x 15)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangin...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Lumina # 202204 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Lumina # 202204 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Matte Plexiglas Box - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Editi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
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
View (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
View (Abstract Photography)
Unique - Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Signed by the Artist at the back.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of the highest a...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
#115, 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
"Chrysler Building" Abstract Expressionist, Photography, Giclee Print, Ltd.Ed.
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Chrysler Building" Abstract, Expressionist, Photography, Giclee Print, Ltd.Ed.
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2025
Dimension: 42x28"
External Dimension( with white border) He...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$2,880 Sale Price
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Gaia 44 - Black and White Diptych Skeleton Trees Fall in Catalonia Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia 44 - Black and White Diptych Skeleton Trees Fall in Catalonia Photograph by Jaume Llorens Bach
Gaia 44 is a 18cm x 24cm Black-and-White print on Premio Kozo 180gsm White Paper ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital
Gaia Diptych 45 - Murmuration Black White Light Shadow Spanish Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Gaia Diptych 45 - Murmuration Black and White Light and Shadow Photography by Jaume Llorens Bach
Gaia Diptych 45 is a 18cm x 24cm Black-and-White print on Premio Kozo 180gsm White ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital
#180, 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 Photography
Materials
Pigment
#176 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
#98, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to explore the deeper structures underlying film and digital imagery. Bas...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
#189 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 Photography
Materials
Pigment
#174 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 Photography
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Pigment
#244, 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 Photography
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Pigment
#261, 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...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
A Tortoise. 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
#150, 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 Photography
Materials
Pigment
#153, 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 ...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Wooden Pier on Lake, Austria, black and white fine art photography, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 7. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
Huang Shan C - Yellow Mountains (landscape black and white art) unframed print
By Peter Leung
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Like a poetic storyteller, Modern Art Etc promotes American photographer Peter Leung’s fine art photography captures the natural beauty and landscape in China. With immaculate composition that comes from planning and patience, waiting for the best natural light and objects to fall into place, the resulting images evokes the spirit of the place and its people. Pictorialism and art conjoin to produce something acutely poetic. One wonders when looking at his pictures – is this a photograph or a painting?
ABOUT THIS WORK
“Huangshan C”, China
The famous Huangshan, (literal translation "Yellow Mountains"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. The materials comprise of ancient rocks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
#238, 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 ...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
There Is No Past - Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
$2,041 Sale Price
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Changing Moods 8- 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
"On the edge of nothingness, n1" Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited Ed.
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
On the edge of nothingness / n1 / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2024
Dimension: 24 x 36” - External Dimension( with white border) : Height: 25.6 in.( 65.02 cm) Wid...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
A Homestead. 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
Land VII - Landscape Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Hailing from the picturesque city of Zaragoza, nestled near the Pyrenees, Carlos Blanchard's journey into the realm of photography was influenced by the rich tapestry of his upbringi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
$1,283 Sale Price
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#135, 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 ...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Pigment
Black and White Photograph, Abstract, Geometric, Framed, 2020
Located in San Francisco, CA
This black and white abstract photograph is unique. Betsy Kenyon works in a darkroom with light and shapes. There is no negative, making each artwork one ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$3,360 Sale Price
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"No Focus, No Object" L1, Large Giclee Print, Abstract, Photography, Limited Ed.
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“No Focus, No Object” L1
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2021
Dimension: 40 x 40” External Dimension( with white border) : 40.8 x 40.8”
Condition: New
Certified
In Edition of ...
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2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
The Horse and Apples. 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
Set of 3 Photographs. Cyanotype photograph of the ocean waves
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 Photography
Materials
Cotton, Archival Pigment
The Bears. 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
#107, 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 Photography
Materials
Pigment
A Mouse. 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
Parliament in autumn No.2 -abstract photography, London, Limited edition 2 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
Reimagining the iconic silhouette of the Westminster Parliament through the lens of abstraction and atmosphere. Cloaked in an autumnal haze, the architectural presence dissolves into...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Washington Square" New York, Giclee Print, Abstract Photography, Limited Ed.
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Washington Square / From the series of Lights of New York / Photograph
Creator: Hatice Besun
Creation year: 2022
Dimension: 40 x 50"
External Dimension( with white border) : Height...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
$3,520 Sale Price
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Winter Swells
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15
Archival pigment print
“Water's Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
#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 Photography
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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.