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

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

Mr. Gilliam’s early, close friendship with Thomas Downing, a Color School painter who acted as a mentor, would prove instrumental in his transformation from representational painter to abstractionist.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

But “Monochromatic Light,” which will be staged by Peter Sellars this fall at the Park Avenue Armory, alongside panels by another abstractionist, Julie Mehretu, is roughly double the 25-minute length of “Rothko Chapel.”

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2022

With its grant, New Mexico’s Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will add solar panels, so that the same bright sky that inspired the modern abstractionist can power her museum.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021

My dear sir," said I, "you are an abstractionist.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah