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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Die Katia

Safe zone

Fanatic moreno

About last night, encore et encore

Nicolas de Staël

Sans titre

Set of 6 Portrait. From the Portraits series

No title

No title

Portrait #13. From the Portraits series

Portrait #3. From the Portraits series

Portrait #1. From the Portraits series

Eventide No. 2

Luminous

Gloaming

Mend No. 2

Phenomenal

My precious

Invoke

Endure No. 4

Outpouring

Somnium No. 3, Series VIII

Somnium No. 12, Series III

Somnium No. 2, Series XII

Love interruption

Somnium No. 8, Series IX

Momento temporis

Fervens

Inquisitivus

Ludicium

Acta, Non Verba

Nebula No. 6, Series IV

Dignitas

Hedy Lamarr, Icon Series V

Nebula No. 1, Series III

Madalena

Icon No. 2, Series IV

Icon No. 1, Series IV

Nebula No. 3, Series II

Nebula No. 2, Series II

Nebula No. 1, Series II

Materia No. 4, Series VI

Materia No. 1, Series V

Untitled

Crown

Mise à nu

Replica No. 2, Series I

Serene

Undertow No. 2

Vulnerable

Bleak

Solitude

Aglow

Lifted No. 2

Subdued No. 2

Permeate No. 3

Forlorn

Desolate No. 2

A Quiet Place

Rest No. 7

Rest No. 6

Influent No. 2

Visceral

Languish

Feel No. 11

Portrait Study No. 6