abstractionist
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of abstractionist
First recorded in 1835–45, for an earlier sense; abstraction + -ist
Example Sentences
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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
Guests are encouraged to mix and match the vinaigrettes into a mess of hues, a nod to abstractionist Jackson Pollock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“The abstractionist Carmen Herrera produces minimal but eloquent paintings whose strength comes from their intense fusions of color and ascetic form,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 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
With the nonchalance of an abstractionist, he concluded, "Evil doth not exist."
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson
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