Abstract Contemporary Portrait Artists

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Abstract contemporary portrait artists.

Check out 8 of today s contemporary portrait artists who are pushing the age old genre in new directions. From noble portraits of the renaissance period to depictions of middle class life during the realism movement portrait artists continue to develop their own styles today. See more ideas about abstract abstract art art. A majority of the twentieth century s most iconic and famous works were created by artists who sought and found new ways of producing art.

Abstract art uses visual language of shape form color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Abstract art emerged from the artists desire to create works unrelated and unrestrained by visual references in reality. 1954 cindy sherman made a name for herself with her untitled film stills 1977 1980 a series of self portrait photographs of her acting out 20 th century pop culture female clichés. Western art had been from the renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality.

Famous modern paintings unique aesthetic. Her work examines women s roles throughout history and in contemporary society and can be related to other modern artists and their abstract paintings of faces. Even this dutch artist s more classical nuanced color waves of oil paint point to a contemporary abstract painter exploring the idea of the sublime. Choose your favorite contemporary abstract paintings from millions of available designs.

Sep 24 2020 explore jessica torrant s board contemporary art followed by 6582 people on pinterest. The magical results of these frozen oil slicks can feel almost psychedelic. Sep 27 2020 abstract paintings. 31 original artworks curated by rebecca wilson contemporary portraits.

Although famously known as a surrealist artist peinture etoile bleue was miro s transition between figurative and abstract art in 2012 peinture etoile bleue led sotheby s evening sale of impressionist modern art in london and fetched 23 5 million setting a record for the artist and also making more than three times the price it achieved five years ago. See more ideas about art contemporary art abstract.