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

“I’m not an abstractionist,” she told The New York Times in 1983.

From New York Times

The curator, a local painter represented by the gallery, selected the work of five longtime friends, most of them abstractionists.

From Washington Post

Unlike her noted predecessors, however, Wolfe isn’t a pure abstractionist.

From Washington Post

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

Also in the show are paintings by abstractionists Mary Anne Arntzen and Sue Crawford, both of whom employ voluptuous colors and undulating patterns.

From Washington Post