figuration
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Over the course of the next half-century, she produced more than 5,000 works in crayon, oil and collage: landscapes and masklike images—amalgams of abstraction, figuration, flora and fauna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He dabbled with Fauvism, Austrian Expressionism and Post-Impressionism, but like so many who experiment, these tastes gave way to the hard stuff: Abstract Expressionism and Francis Bacon-inspired figuration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The layering of topicality, color sensitivity, art-historical ancestors and figuration and abstraction in “40 Acres and a Unicorn” recurs throughout the brief eight-year period being surveyed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
Well before the current market craze over Black figuration, Thomas was exploring the Black female figure.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Joseffy, who looked upon Paderewski, as a rare personality, told me that the Polish Fantasy for piano and orchestra puzzled him because of its seeming simplicity in figuration.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
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