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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Fine Art Drawings, Discurso indiferente, Teo Franco

Teo Franco

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

$664

Painting, Saphia, Sébastien Allart

Sébastien Allart

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

$3,016

Painting, Amulet, Olivier Massebeuf

Olivier Massebeuf

Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

$724

Painting, Rade, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Painting - 330 x 220 x 10 cm Painting - 129.9 x 86.6 x 3.9 inch

$144,788

Painting, The Portrait_03, Renjie Gao

Renjie Gao

Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,207

Painting, Lueur, Fabrice Leito

Fabrice Leito

Painting - 25 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 9.8 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

$784

Fine Art Drawings, Vanité, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$4,585

Painting, Fée, Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 39 x 22 cm Painting - 15.4 x 8.7 inch

$2,172

Painting, Mexico, Toni Caldentey

Toni Caldentey

Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

$2,413

Fine Art Drawings, Kiss, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4.3 inch

$290

Painting, Eve, Fresha D

Eve

Fresha D

Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

$1,327

Painting, Antibes, Victor Hasch

Victor Hasch

Painting - 22 x 27.5 x 3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 10.8 x 1.2 inch

$603

Design, Child, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

Design - 23.5 x 18 x 3 cm Design - 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch

$278 $222

Painting, Sans titre, Adam Nidzgorski

Adam Nidzgorski

Painting - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

$845

Painting, Listening, Monika Sabo

Monika Sabo

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

$2,896

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Adam Nidzgorski

Adam Nidzgorski

Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

$784

Photography, No title, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

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

$18,099

Painting, La brute, Ryse Kaïa

Ryse Kaïa

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

$2,413

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (192), Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch

$1,810

Fine Art Drawings, Portait 8, Prochore Tchuidjang

Prochore Tchuidjang

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

$965

Painting, Sans, Florian Eymann

Florian Eymann

Painting - 116 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,016

Painting, Tchin, Isabelle Lebret

Isabelle Lebret

Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,654

Painting, Sans titre, Zhengyong Liu

Zhengyong Liu

Painting - 77.5 x 54 x 1 cm Painting - 30.5 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch

$2,413

Fine Art Drawings, Christian, Camille Schaeffer

Camille Schaeffer

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch

$302

Painting, The Clown, Moutaz Al-Bashar

Moutaz Al-Bashar

Painting - 220 x 220 x 1 cm Painting - 86.6 x 86.6 x 0.4 inch

$10,980

Painting, II, Pascal Girard

II

Pascal Girard

Painting - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

$3,982

Painting, Into the Light, Luis Morris

Luis Morris

Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$1,317

Painting, Security Checked, Dinh Y Nyi

Dinh Y Nyi

Painting - 149.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 59 x 48 x 2 inch

$19,000

Painting, Fragmente, Mila Veljac'a

Mila Veljac'a

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

$2,172

Painting, Warmis, Reinaldo Chavez

Reinaldo Chavez

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

$869

Fine Art Drawings, Geisha ll, Teo Franco

Teo Franco

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

$664

Painting, Aufrecht, Mila Veljac'a

Mila Veljac'a

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

$3,378

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