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

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

“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 forms draw on diverse pictorial legacies — say, an Uruguayan abstractionist like Joaquín Torres-Garcia and a Swiss one like Max Bill or a Russian like El Lissitzky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2018

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 William James