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

The audience — about 600, versus 150 at the premiere — is seated in the round and surrounded by eight paintings by another abstractionist, Julie Mehretu, blown up to billboard-size dimensions.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

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

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

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