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abstractionist

abstractionist

1 9.9
An artist who paints shapes and colors instead of real people or things
  • noun
  • /æbˈstrækʃənɪst/
translation icon : abstraccionista
  • The young painter is known as an abstractionist for her colorful and imaginative compositions.
  • American abstractionists

Examples

  • Buddy Guy, abstractionist guitar hero, is certainly not today's most classically orthodox exemplar of Chicago blues style.

    Academic text (2002)

  • What happened in climate science was that the abstractionists gained control of it, and the rest is history.

    Blog text (11)

  • Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds, or worse.

    Blog text (34)

  • The arts had also changed; the painters, once the Abstract Abstractionists of the early fifties, had gone back to the figure, and the political writers had turned to romance.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Abstractionists believe that HP defines the numbers, and that HP succeeds in giving a proper definition where the PA fail.

    Blog text (9)

  • Many famous abstractionists contributed to the evolution of modern art in the 20th century.

  • As an abstractionist, his works focus on colors and shapes rather than realistic portrayals.

Synonyms

abstract artist
vsabstractionist
1 4.2

An artist who uses shapes and colors instead of real people or places

is more specifically a visual artist, often a painter, making nonrepresentational pieces
nonrealist
vsabstractionist
8.5

A person, often an artist or philosopher, who avoids showing the real world

refers specifically to a visual artist who paints nonrepresentational work

Antonyms

realist
4 5.3

An artist who shows people and places as they look in real life

Surface Forms

abstractionist singular
abstractionists plural

Morphology

abstractionist = abstraction (transparent) = abstract + ion + ist

Clear agentive formation: 'abstraction' + the productive suffix '-ist' yields a person associated with abstraction or abstract art, which a typical learner can infer.

Etymology

Abstractionist comes from the word abstract, which originally meant 'drawn away' or 'pulled away' from real things and even shares a root with tractor ('pull'). So an abstractionist is an artist who 'pulls away' from realistic pictures to explore shapes, colors, and ideas.