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, Sans titre (36), Zwy Milshtein

Zwy Milshtein

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$3,361

Painting, Aya, Fresha D

Aya

Fresha D

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

$576

Painting, Pink Lady, Victor Sheleg

Victor Sheleg

Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$2,041

Painting, New gloves, Victor Sheleg

Victor Sheleg

Painting - 64 x 46 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch

$1,501

Painting, Batman, Maxime Frairot

Maxime Frairot

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$216

Painting, Corey, Christophe Mirallès

Christophe Mirallès

Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

$7,803

Painting, The Flash, Maxime Frairot

Maxime Frairot

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$216

Painting, Superman, Maxime Frairot

Maxime Frairot

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$216

Painting, Melting Pot, Maxime Frairot

Maxime Frairot

Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,537

Painting, Portrait, Philippe Pasqua

Philippe Pasqua

Painting - 93 x 73 x 8 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28.7 x 3.1 inch

$21,009

Painting, DMX, Fresha D

DMX

Fresha D

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

$576

Fine Art Drawings, Styx, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle

Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$1,140

Painting, Fou de bassan, Muriel Paul

Muriel Paul

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,561

Painting, Brut, Victor Sheleg

Victor Sheleg

Painting - 120 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1 inch

$11,885

Painting, 111 117, Florian Eymann

Florian Eymann

Painting - 66 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 26 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$3,429

Fine Art Drawings, Frank, 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

$300

Painting, Certitude, Fabrice Leito

Fabrice Leito

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$6,002

Painting, Copains, Maxime Frairot

Maxime Frairot

Painting - 29.5 x 21 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.2 inch

$186

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