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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Just hug me

Let's Dance II

Je ne ferai pas de mal à une mouche

Comme chien et chat

Live passion

Mon instinct maternel débordant !

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 8 (Framed)

Immersed No. 2

Awakening No. 2

Awareness no. 2

Perceiving No. 4

Mesmerize

Melancholia No. 2

Melancholia

Sans titre

Kopf sagt nein - Bein sagt go.

Krone des Moments

Hommage an Francis Bacon - orange

Frau mit blauen Stiefeln

He put color into our lives

Dreamer

On ne sait plus où on habite

One another

Amulet

Junger Mann mit Obstkorb

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 1

Jewel Sapphire #13

Estelle

Saphia

Ballerina no. 21, Series XXV

Ballerina no. 20, Series XXV

Beauté 15

Mood

Night encounters

Sans titre

Sans titre

Contemplation

Hanging by a thread

El patrón

Ironía

Aún perdura el recuerdo

El secreto

Encore elle

Somnium #8, Series XIII

Bolshoi

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 3

Deeper no. 3

Bolshoi No. 2

Untitled

Somnium #2, Series XIV

Somnium #3, Series XIII

Etude

Souvenirs

Mademoiselle 37

Eaque

Duplicit Complicit

Sacromagnetica

Somnium No. 5, Series XVI

Somnium No. 2, Series XVI

With what strength am I going to continue?

Concertina, infinite melody

Ballerina No. 3, Series XXVI

Ballerina No. 2, Series XXVI

Somnium No. 8, Series XVI

Night walker

I got lost in that hug