Abstract Portrait Artists
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Rhododendron Study No.10
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
£928
Somnium No. 8, Series VIII
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£5,841
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
£2,246
Some of us are looking at the sun
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 1 inch
£1,617
But you can't kill me
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 116 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 1 inch
£1,078
Le rouge nous va mieux au teint
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,067
On ne choisit pas sa famille
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,067
Hanging by a thread
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
£449
Advanced training in social skills
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
£809
Red haired hassidim
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
£719
Deus ex machina
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 146 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 57.5 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,617
Close to nothing (Blue)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
£1,200
Close to nothing (Yellow)
Sophie Derrick
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
£1,200
Hack Haring
Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)
Print - 48 x 70 x 0.01 cm Print - 18.9 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£764
Un brin de miel
Christophe Mirallès
Painting - 130 x 195 x 8 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 3.1 inch
£8,087
Mademoiselles jouent au foot
Kaige Yang
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,348
Oiseau vertical en jaune et bleu
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£404
Bunch of apples, nature morte
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 48 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch
£404
Nature morte aux couleurs vives
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
£440
Etude pour assiette de pommes
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
£350
En équilibre bleu et brun
Stephanie Larène
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£350
Unfathomable Depth 1
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 116 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
£1,078
Let there be light !
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
£809
Passion, life and death of the great moreno
Reinaldo Chavez
Painting - 77 x 57 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 inch
£1,078
She never got tired of giving us her life
Reinaldo Chavez
Painting - 77 x 57 cm Painting - 30.3 x 22.4 inch
£809
Portrait No.9 Bullfighter
Renjie Gao
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
£899
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.