ADJECTIVE | all | abstractionist, abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective | not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature |
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NOUN | person | abstractionist, abstract artist | a painter of abstract pictures |
Meaning | not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature. | |
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Synonyms | abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective | |
Broader | nonrepresentational | Of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature |
Spanish | abstracto | |
Catalan | abstraccionista | |
Nouns | abstractionist | a painter of abstract pictures |
Meaning | A painter of abstract pictures. | |
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Synonym | abstract artist | |
Instances | Albers, Josef Albers | United States painter born in Germany |
Mondrian, Piet Mondrian | Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944) | |
Narrower | suprematist | An artist of the school of suprematism |
Broader | painter | An artist who paints / paints |
Spanish | abstraccionista, artista abstracto, pintor abstracto | |
Catalan | abstraccionista, pintor abstracte | |
Adjectives | abstractionist | not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature |
Nouns | abstractionism | an abstract genre of art |
abstractionism | a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples |
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