abstractionist

American  

[ab-strak-shuh-nist] / æbˈstræk ʃə nɪst /

noun

1. a person who produces abstract works of art.

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adjective

1. showing abstract characteristics in art; tending toward abstractionism.

Etymology

Origin of abstractionist

First recorded in 1835–45, for an earlier sense; abstraction + -ist

Example Sentences

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abstractionist

A guest uses a silicon brush to apply sauces onto an entree, a nod to abstractionist Jackson Pollock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The work of geometric abstractionist Matthew Thomas is in some ways a product of these encounters that happened during the expansion of the West.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

The early-20th-century abstractionist Piet Mondrian, now one of my favorite painters, didn’t really move me at first, but I kept looking at his work because I knew my father loved it.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

She connected there with a key mentor, the Black abstractionist Al Loving, who had moved away from painting to make works accumulating torn paper and canvas.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2021

Mr. Ralph Hawtrey, who seems also to serve under the banner of abstractionist logic, convicts us pragmatists of absurdity by arguments similar to Mr. Russell's.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William