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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Portrait du fumeur
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,888
Je ne ferai pas de mal à une mouche
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,901
Le portrait aux yeux bleu
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,457
Mon instinct maternel débordant !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,411
Geisha ll
Teo Franco
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$656
Hommage an Francis Bacon - rot
Mila Veljac'a
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,623
Autumnal No. 12
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 66 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,950
Ma chatte est possessive !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,980
Elle est tombée du ciel
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,980
Cherry Blossom No. 40
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$550
Hommage an Francis Bacon - schwarz
Mila Veljac'a
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,338
Erinnerung an den Sommer
Mila Veljac'a
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,384
Voices in the Wind
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$10,610
She never got tired of giving us her life
Reinaldo Chavez
Painting - 77 x 57 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 inch
$1,073
Le Poulpe en Bas Des Escaliers
Renjie Gao
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,961
Comme chien et chat
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,411
Nature Collection No. 3
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 76.2 x 57.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Autumnal No. 11
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 66 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 26 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,950
Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 8 (Framed)
Mario Henrique
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$715
He put color into our lives
Reinaldo Chavez
Painting - 80 x 100 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 inch
$2,146
Delhia dansant au Jardin
Milburn-Foster
Painting - 116 x 89 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 inch
$8,106 $7,296
Kopf sagt nein - Bein sagt go.
Mila Veljac'a
Painting - 150 x 70 cm Painting - 59.1 x 27.6 inch
$4,530
Hommage an Francis Bacon - orange
Mila Veljac'a
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,576
Frau mit blauen Stiefeln
Mila Veljac'a
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,649
Nature Collection Sketch No. 1
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$165
Rhododendron Study No. 10
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$1,150
Sternenthaler - Ein Märchenmoment
Mila Veljac'a
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,172
On ne sait plus où on habite
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,570
