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
Aspen Study I - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study I by Frank Schott
a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Burst III - large scale abstract photograph of caleidoscopic color explosions
Located in San Francisco, CA
From Christian Stoll's body of works BURST (2015), an abstract exploration of high speed photographs capturing mesmerizing explosions of caleidoscopic color
27 x 40 inches (68 x 102...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Hemisphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from Christian Stoll‘s body of works titled 'Hemisphere'
Hemisphere I by Christian Stoll
58 x 58 inches (147 x 147cm)
signed edition of 7
48 x 48 inches (122 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
40 x 40 inches (102 x 102cm)
signed edition of 25
archival fine art pigment print
signed + numbered by artist on certificate label
„frameless“ glass face mounting available on request
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Christian Stoll has experimented with the photography medium since 1991.
His predominant interest is the still-life on a monumental scale. As his subject matter, Stoll shoots static objects, forms...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Hemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Hemisphere'
Hemisp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée
Green Abstracted Ikat Photograph
By Janet Van Arsdale
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning green abstract photograph reminiscent of Ikat fabric by Janet Van Arsdale (American, 20th Century). Signed in pencil lower left corner. Presented in black frame with double ...
Category
1990s Abstract Photography
Materials
Giclée, Ink, Photographic Paper
Aspen Study II - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study II by Frank Schott
a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
"Red for Love 11" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Red for Love 11" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
"The Red One - That Is Love"
"The Red One - That Is Love" is a thought-provoking art series by Tetia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Archival Paper
"Removal of Self #56" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Removal of Self #56" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
2011
Photo on deconstructed paper
16” x 20” inch
Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columbus Sta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
"Echoes No.07" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Echoes No.07" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Printed on fujifl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"JM Basquiat-GB3" Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 48" inch Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"JM Basquiat-GB3" Photography (FRAMED) 48" x 48" inch Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Title: Basquiat se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"JM Basquiat-GB1" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 40" inch Ed. of 8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"JM Basquiat-GB1" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 40" inch Ed. of 8 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Title: Basquiat s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"JM Basquiat-GB5" Photography (FRAMED) 66" x 48" inch Ed. 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"JM Basquiat-GB5" Photography (FRAMED) 66" x 48" inch Ed. 2/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Title: Basquiat se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"JM Basquiat-GB4" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 40" inch Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"JM Basquiat-GB4" Photography (FRAMED) 50" x 40" inch Ed. 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Title: Basquiat se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Just a Banana... Photography Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
City reflection, print, limited 15, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Nice Photography Print Limited Edition Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print/photography, limited edition of 15, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Digital, Archival Pigment
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
deep blue Print
Located in London, GB
Artst: Olga Volha Piashko
Print on paper(limited edition)
Frame:Not Framed
Size: 70x100cm
Hand signed
The artwork is shipped rolled.
Olga Volha Piashko background is in fine and gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Color
Vintage Morris Louis press photographs MoMa (Morris Louis Alpha Alpha Albireo)
By Morris Louis
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Morris Louis MoMa New York 1986:
Rare 1980s Morris Louis press photographs featuring Morris Louis's Alpha Alpha & Albireo:
Silver-gelatin prints: set of 2 individual works.
Dimensi...
Category
1970s Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Thomas Ruff, Substrat - Contemporary Photography, Abstract Art, Signed Print
By Thomas Ruff
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Ruff (German, b. 1958)
Substrat, 2019
Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: 32 × 45.8 cm (12 3/5 × 18 in)
Edition of 300: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil
Condition: Excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Times Square Cell Phone in Neon Reds - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk uses a Nikon Z8 mirrorless megapixel camera to photograph the screen of a Times Square tourist's cell phone camera. The resulting image is a photogr...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Joker
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
limited edition canvas print painting
hand signed
As an artist, Anastasia Kurakina ( lives and works in London) nurtures a great fondness for human bei...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, C Print, Color, Digital, Giclée
Stripe
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
I like minimalism, this orange stripe I found occasionally, the picture is limited edition of 5 in the size. Signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Digital, Archival Pigment
Wood 1 / Abstract / photography / art print / signed / limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Wood 1. is photography, signed in limited edition of 5. I admire the old craftsmanship and the result, even a fragment is preserved.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Gold in Grey Photography Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gold in Grey, photography, signed and inspired by a pool and a hot summer day.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Pillow II. /Photography / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow II. photography belongs to a concept of three photographies done on a sole bank in a park. Will be signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tumbling Wave 4 (21 x 21" square 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
Blue in Grey Photography Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Blue in Grey is a part from an originally bigger picture. I like the pattern. Photography will be signed and could be adjusted also in a frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Highest Mountain Diptych II (Two hand-printed 22 x 22 inch abstract cyanotypes)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though these two separate 22.5 x 22.5 inch monotypes resemble abstract watercolor paintings with their soft gradations and luminous quality, they are actually a form of photography ...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Candida Höfer, Colored Wood: Signed Photograph, Abstract Photography
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, born 1944)
Colored Wood, 2017
Medium: C-Print
Dimensions: 56 × 57.7 cm (22 × 22 7/10 in)
Edition of 100: Hand-signed and numbered on verso
Condtion: Mint
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
August Evening Photography Fine Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Limited edition of 10, fine art print, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Color
Sea Cliffs 7 (Hand-printed 40 x 20 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 6 (Hand-printed 40 x 20 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
Ink Blot #4
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Ink Blot #1
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Mohamed Yakub Color Long Exposure Photograph Teal Abstract Horizontal Kenyan
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mohamad does not use titles for his photographs. Such naming or framing can constrain or shape a viewer’s engagement with an image. Without such titles, his imagery conjures imagi...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ink Blot #3
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Ink Blot #2
Located in Cambridge, ON
Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
Pillow I. / Photography / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Pillow I. is a special pillow - made from stone, located in a park. I liked the pattern, signed photography.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mood 1 drawing
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
abstract expressionist colour pencil drawing on paper
one of a kind
hand signed
Anastasia dialogues with the chromatic material which she lets flow freel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Green and Green.../ Print / Photography / Limited /Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Green and Green is a photography-print, limited 1/5 and signed. Inspiration was a very warm and sunny day, hopefully evoking calm and positive mood. When framed in a black frame with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Mood 2 drawing
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
abstract expressionist colour pencil drawing on paper(very thick paper/cardboard)
one of a kind
hand signed
Anastasia dialogues with the chromatic materi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil, Cardboard
Eugene 8- Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color 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
Eugene 2- Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color 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
Eugene 6 - Floral landscape white dominant contemporary abstract color 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
The Color of Water #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER
Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weath...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
The Color of Water #5 Perseverance
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THE COLOR OF WATER
Lake Michigan blue sits at the pastel confluence of green, grey and cyan on the nearby shoreline. In truth, the color of the lake is as transitory as Chicago weath...
Category
2010s Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Shadows Kept Alive No.119", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 119” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.90", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 90” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.72", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 72” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.65", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 65” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.59", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No.59” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.111", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 111” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.70", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 70” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.48", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 48” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.25", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 25” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
"Shadows Kept Alive No.2", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 2” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Absolut/Photography/Limited/Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Absolut is an abstract photography, limited to 10 and signed. I like the momentum mood which the photography is evoking - for me F. Kupka. The picture was taken during a work process...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ramunės - abstract analogue black and white floral photography, Ltd. 20
Located in London, GB
'Ramunės'
London, United Kingdom 2022
Limited edition of 20.
Photograph printed on heavyweight fine art paper.
Photograph is shipped fast and flat in secure thick cardboard packa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
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