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• n  a painter of abstract pictures
• s  not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• Along with that went the "theological" view of Pollock as an ideal abstractionist obsessed by flatness, which ignored the fact that there were only four years of his life (1947 .
• Most of the work was abstract, with each abstractionist striving for some idiom of his own.
• A small gallery in the Alps plays host to the great Kandinsky, one of the most influential artists of the abstractionist movement Move Over Austen.

• abstract artist
• abstract
• nonfigurative
• nonobjective

News & Articles

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• Christopher Loudon
  It’s difficult to imagine a better intoxicant than absinthe to describe fearless vocal abstractionist Fay Victor. The anise-flavored spirit gained favor in Paris in the early 20th century, among the sort of artistic iconoclasts—Wilde, Toulouse-Lautrec, Satie—who...
  Jan. 4, 2014 - JazzTimes Magazine

Quotes

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• Andrew Wyeth in Washington Post
  I honestly consider myself an abstractionist,Wyeth said in 1965.
• Brice Marden in Philadelphia Daily News
  Marden called Cezanne "the greatest realist and greatest abstractionist at the same time."
• Richard Donner in Independent
  ...best quote in the documentary comes at the glitzy private view where celebrity guests tell the camera what a great artist Damian is before Hollywood director Richard Donner says: "I'm a realist, not an abstractionist. When I look at...