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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, Ophélia, Sébastien Allart

Ophélia

Sébastien Allart

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

$3,744 $3,370

Painting, Kiss me, Sébastien Allart

Kiss me

Sébastien Allart

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

$3,744 $3,370

Painting, Jasmine, Sébastien Allart

Jasmine

Sébastien Allart

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

$3,744 $3,370

Painting, Doriane, Sébastien Allart

Doriane

Sébastien Allart

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

$3,276

Painting, Léonie, Zwy Milshtein

Léonie

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 115 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch

$5,850

Painting, Wendy, Sébastien Allart

Wendy

Sébastien Allart

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

$1,404

Painting, Beauté 4, Kaige Yang

Beauté 4

Kaige Yang

Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$4,446

Painting, Pleut-il ?, Zwy Milshtein

Pleut-il ?

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting - 22 x 15 x 0 inch

$2,925

Painting, Le machino, Zwy Milshtein

Le machino

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Painting - 22 x 15 x 0 inch

$1,872

Painting, Surging, Renjie Gao

Surging

Renjie Gao

Painting - 200 x 200 x 6 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch

$35,100

Fine Art Drawings, Only she, Reinaldo Chavez

Only she

Reinaldo Chavez

Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 13.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.3 inch

$398

Fine Art Drawings, Sunrise, Reinaldo Chavez

Sunrise

Reinaldo Chavez

Fine Art Drawings - 13.5 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.3 x 7.5 inch

$398

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Philippe Pasqua

Sans titre

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings - 200 x 150 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch

$10,530

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Zwy Milshtein

Sans titre

Zwy Milshtein

Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 81 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 31.9 inch

$1,755

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Zwy Milshtein

Sans titre

Zwy Milshtein

Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 31.5 inch

$1,755

Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua

No title

Philippe Pasqua

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

$17,550

Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua

No title

Philippe Pasqua

Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch

$14,040

Painting, Sunny Horse, Oleg Zhivetin

Sunny Horse

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting - 125 x 105 x 0.3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 41.3 x 0.1 inch

$1,580

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