abstractionist
Painter avoiding realism
An abstractionist is an artist who works in abstract styles, producing art that doesn't attempt to represent external reality directly.
The term applies especially to painters associated with movements like abstract expressionism: The abstractionists of the 1950s rejected representational art.
As an adjective, abstractionist describes such work or approaches.
Not depicting reality
- nonfigurativeNot depicting reality
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- gesturalRelating to body movements
- formlessLacking definite shape
nonobjective · painterly · lyrical · hard-edge · biomorphic · splatter · spontaneous · improvisational
Geometric, fragmented visual style
- suprematismBelief in group dominance
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
Bauhaus painting instructor
Creative professional's workspace
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- brushstrokesMarks left by painting
- pigmentColor-imparting material
composition · technique · medium · gallery · exhibition · commission · collector · retrospective
Of or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
ideational · notional · immaterial · intangible · ethereal · sublime · speculative · universal
nonrepresentational
Not depicting reality
- nonfigurativeNot depicting reality
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- gesturalRelating to body movements
formless · nonobjective · painterly · lyrical · hard-edge · biomorphic · splatter · spontaneous · improvisational · expressive
cubism
Geometric, fragmented visual style
- suprematismBelief in group dominance
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
Kandinsky
Bauhaus painting instructor
studio
Creative professional's workspace
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- brushstrokesMarks left by painting
pigment · composition · technique · medium · gallery · exhibition · commission · collector · retrospective · manifesto
conceptual
Of or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
transcendental · ideational · notional · immaterial · intangible · ethereal · sublime · speculative · universal · essence
abstractionistrealist
One accepting hard truths
naturalist · photorealist · hyperrealist · illusionist · illustrator
abstractionistrealist
One accepting hard truths
representational · literalist · traditionalist · objectivist