figuration
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They brilliantly bridge figuration and abstraction by letting the dressed body tell the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
That important early painting — said to have marked the artist’s transition from figuration to abstraction — sold for $30.9 million with fees, with back-and-forth bids by phone.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
In contrast, Brown tries to straddle two distinct idioms: abstract mark-making and impressionistic figuration.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
To a Thalberg-ian euphony he has added a technical figuration not unlike Chopin's, and a spirit quite Teutonic in its sentimentality.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
