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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Amber

Mario Henrique

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$9,168

Sacromagnetica

Mario Henrique

Painting - 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$12,102

Corporation

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

$954

Do Not Ever Forget

Sakurako Hamaguchi

Painting - 45.5 x 53 x 2 cm Painting - 17.9 x 20.9 x 0.8 inch

$807

Hand in Hand

Sakurako Hamaguchi

Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch

$807

Begegnungen

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 60 x 48 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.9 inch

$1,039 $935

Beschützerin

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$1,039

Estelle

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 150 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$3,056

Ballerina No. 3, Series XXVI

Mario Henrique

Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$4,279

Ballerina No. 2, Series XXVI

Mario Henrique

Painting - 155 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 61 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$4,768

Without a beginning nor an end

Reinaldo Chavez

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

$709 $638

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

$2,689

Rücken an Rücken

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$3,056

Le hall de gare

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$3,545

Somnium 03 Series XV

Mario Henrique

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$9,413

Somnium 03 series XIV

Mario Henrique

Painting - 190 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$12,347

Portrait

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$3,056

Mais non pupuce, ne bave pas

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

$3,056

Passion, life and death of the great moreno

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 77 x 57 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 inch

$1,467

Man Throwing a Ball

Milburn-Foster

Painting - 100 x 100 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 inch

$8,313

Beauté 17

Kaige Yang

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

$2,812

Beauté 14

Kaige Yang

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

$2,812

Beauté 12

Kaige Yang

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

$2,812

Beauté 6

Kaige Yang

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

$2,812

Beauté 8

Kaige Yang

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

$2,812

Mesdemoiselles

Kaige Yang

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

$3,056

Untitled

Mario Henrique

Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$9,168

Somnium No. 12, Series XVI

Mario Henrique

Painting - 90 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

$7,213

She Carries The Sea

Mario Henrique

Painting - 130 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch

$8,435

Pause

Mario Henrique

Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$10,880

Somnium No. 10, Series XVI

Mario Henrique

Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

$7,946

Duplicit Complicit

Mario Henrique

Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$10,880

Portrait du fumeur

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$5,012

Sans titre

Rafiy Okefolahan

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

$2,200

Véra

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 150 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$3,056

Allegory of the carachi

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 27.5 x 22 x 0.6 cm Painting - 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch

$355

The sweet wait

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 19 x 13 cm Painting - 7.5 x 5.1 inch

$293

Mental portrait

Rosen Markovski

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$880

Emilia

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,467

Clarity No. 2

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting - 20 x 16 inch

$600

Zwischen Uns

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$3,423

Let's Dance II

Milburn-Foster

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

$7,824

L'instant IV

Fabrice Leito

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

$795

L'instant II

Fabrice Leito

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch

$795

Echo des Moments

Mila Veljac'a

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

$3,056

Dass Leben ist Bunt (Otto Dix)

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,834

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

$733

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 1

Mario Henrique

Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$733

Chair d’encre

Virginie Michel

Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

$611

Messenger of love and life

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 31 x 24 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.4 inch

$642

She will come back

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 60 x 40 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 inch

$1,039

Everyday fragments

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 80 x 100 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 inch

$2,200

Clothilde

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch

$2,323

I am a girl

Sakurako Hamaguchi

Painting - 45.5 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 17.9 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$807

Familienleben

Mila Veljac'a

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

$5,501

Abstrakter Raum

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

$306

Felicia

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,323

Maeva

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,323

Hello, Moonlit Night

Sakurako Hamaguchi

Painting - 116.7 x 91 x 5 cm Painting - 45.9 x 35.8 x 2 inch

$2,758

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

$3,667

Eins mit sich sein

Mila Veljac'a

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

$3,056

Frau mit blauen Stiefeln

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$4,768

Erinnerung an den Sommer

Mila Veljac'a

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

$2,445

Migrant heart

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 100 x 80 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 inch

$2,078

You are indifferent

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 100 x 80 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 inch

$2,139

Marginalized

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 100 x 80 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 inch

$2,262

Walkers of many lives

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 100 x 80 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 inch

$2,323

Repatriated

Reinaldo Chavez

Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$2,262

Touche pas à mon pote

Béatrice Terra

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

$3,667

The Flower

Renjie Gao

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$917

Roseline

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,323

Hide and seek

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

$1,467

Alternative cancan

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$1,100

Hilaire

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,323

Iliana

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 81 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 1 inch

$2,323

Sans Titre

Philippe Pasqua

Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$4,095

El patrón

Teo Franco

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

$672

Ironía

Teo Franco

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

$672

Aún perdura el recuerdo

Teo Franco

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

$672

El secreto

Teo Franco

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

$672

Sans titre

Rafiy Okefolahan

Painting - 64 x 49 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 19.3 x 1 inch

$2,200

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

$6,112

Hong Kong

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print - 82 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 32.3 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

$3,056

Napoli

Alexandre Monteiro (Hopare)

Print - 82 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 32.3 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

$3,056

Mend No. 19

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch

$1,195

Le café de la place

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 89 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$4,034

Stranger No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting - 20 x 16 inch

$600

Le Melancolique

Renjie Gao

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$917

Portrait en Blue

Renjie Gao

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$917

Orphéa

Sébastien Allart

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

$3,423

Dawn

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

$600

Dignity

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

$600

Poignant No. 5

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch

$630

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