Abstract Portrait Artists

The unpredictability of human behavior is fodder for Abstract Expressionism. Sudden movement, brief glances and impermanent facial expressions defy the strict laws of realism, so how about a shift away from it? Portraiture may be described as still, posed and an effective rendering of the human form in the subject of figurative art. But the human can also be dynamic and in a state of motion, impossible to portray during sittings. By moving away from realism and using light, color, shapes and mixed media, abstract art creates movement on the canvas itself echoing the dynamism of the figure - the subject of abstract portraiture. Abstract artists such as Theo van Doesburg and his 1915 work Abstract Portrait uses  blocks of color and shapes to carve out what we recognize to be a figure. But the figure is deconstructed and seems to move and shift on the canvas. Expecting to see a face, the viewer uses their eye to put the portrait back together and find the figure in the work.  Today, Shay Mess combines female faces with nature to create portraits that are floral, saturated with color and draw the viewer in. Whilst Mario Henrique focuses on the dynamism of the human form depicting dancers and the fleeting nature of the human body.


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Painting, Freundschaft, Mila Veljac'a

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 160 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 3,407 CHF 3,067

Fine Art Drawings, Discurso indiferente, Teo Franco

Teo Franco

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

CHF 535

Painting, Sans titre, Rafiy Okefolahan

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting - 64 x 49 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch

CHF 1,752

Painting, Rade, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Painting - 330 x 220 x 10 cm Painting - 129.9 x 86.6 x 3.9 inch

CHF 116,828

Painting, La demoiselle IV, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,558

Painting, The Portrait_03, Renjie Gao

Renjie Gao

Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 974

Painting, Titane, Christophe Mirallès

Christophe Mirallès

Painting - 92 x 73 x 5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 2 inch

CHF 2,531

Painting, Fée, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 39 x 22 cm Painting - 15.4 x 8.7 inch

CHF 1,752

Painting, Eve, Fresha D

Eve

Fresha D

Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,071

Painting, Tayssy, Sébastien Allart

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,850

Painting, Lueur, Fabrice Leito

Fabrice Leito

Painting - 25 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

CHF 633

Painting, Mexico, Toni Caldentey

Toni Caldentey

Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,947

Design, Child, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Design - 23.5 x 18 x 3 cm Design - 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch

CHF 224

Painting, Sans titre, Adam Nidzgorski

Adam Nidzgorski

Painting - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

CHF 681

Painting, Mother and Child, Ly Hung Anh

Ly Hung Anh

Painting - 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 59 x 48 x 2 inch

CHF 4,296

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Adam Nidzgorski

Adam Nidzgorski

Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

CHF 633

Sculpture, Golgotha, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Sculpture - 160 x 100 x 80 cm Sculpture - 63 x 39.4 x 31.5 inch

CHF 37,969

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (192), Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch

CHF 1,460

Painting, Sans-titre, Victor Hasch

Victor Hasch

Painting - 117 x 66.6 x 3 cm Painting - 46.1 x 26.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 1,217

Painting, La brute, Ryse Kaïa

Ryse Kaïa

Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

CHF 1,947

Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Photography - 200 x 156 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 61.4 x 0.4 inch

CHF 14,604

Painting, Tchin, Isabelle Lebret

Isabelle Lebret

Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

CHF 2,142

Fine Art Drawings, Portait 8, Prochore Tchuidjang

Prochore Tchuidjang

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 779

Painting, Sans, Florian Eymann

Florian Eymann

Painting - 116 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

CHF 2,434 CHF 1,460

Painting, The Clown, Moutaz Al-Bashar

Moutaz Al-Bashar

Painting - 220 x 220 x 1 cm Painting - 86.6 x 86.6 x 0.4 inch

CHF 8,859

Fine Art Drawings, Christian, Camille Schaeffer

Camille Schaeffer

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

CHF 243

Painting, II, Pascal Girard

II

Pascal Girard

Painting - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

CHF 3,213

Painting, Into the Light, Luis Morris

Luis Morris

Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,078

Painting, Security Checked, Dinh Y Nyi

Dinh Y Nyi

Painting - 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 59 x 48 x 2 inch

CHF 15,697

Painting, Warmis, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 40 x 50 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 inch

CHF 701

Painting, Beauté 17, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,239

Fine Art Drawings, Geisha ll, Teo Franco

Teo Franco

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

CHF 535

Painting, Beauté 14, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,239

Painting, Beauté 12, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,239

Painting, Beauté 6, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,239

Painting, Beauté 8, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,239

Painting, Mesdemoiselles, Kaige Yang

Kaige Yang

Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,434

Painting, Echo des Moments, Mila Veljac'a

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 2,434 CHF 2,191

Painting, Sans titre, Rafiy Okefolahan

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting - 146 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch

CHF 6,620

Painting, Sans titre, Rafiy Okefolahan

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting - 64 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,752

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