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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Irises

Red haired hassidim

Iris no. 198

Iris no. 197

Iris no. 194

Heron no. 25

Meadow Study No. 10

Magnolia No. 50

Two Herons

Girl with a bird

Sans titre

Poppies No. 2

Sans titre

Somnium No. 11, Series XVI

Somnium No. 8, Series XVI

Sans titre

ICU bed #2

L'hiver approche

J'aime le rouge

Red Lips

Il ne manque personne

Rest

Ballerinas No. 19, Series VIII

Ballerina No. 17, Series VIII

Ballerina No. 22, Series VIII

Ballerina No. 21, Series VIII

Ballerina No. 20, Series VIII

Ballerinas No. 18, Series VIII

Ballerina No. 16, Series VIII

Ballerina No. 14, Series VIII

L'insoupçonnée

Tomber 7 fois

Swallows in Flight no. 25

Floral No. 46

Petrous oscule VI

Petrous oscule III

Petrous oscule V

Petrous oscule I

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 2

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 4

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 5

Untitled Portrait Drawing No. 1

Sunny

Winds of color V

Petrous oscule VIII

Petrous oscule VII

Petrous oscule IV

Vanité rouge aux papillons gris

Vanité bleue

People Of New York

Game Of Seduction

Somnium #7, Series XIII

Matiere n°2 série VII

Etude, 2010

Fragmenta No. 3, Series I

Sabine

Clarissa

Asha

Artémis

Auria

Tenderness

Mademoiselle 24

Appalachians No. 11

Spontaneous Ballerina no. 3, Blue Series XVII

Spontaneous Ballerina no. 2, Blue Series III