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

So it’s all of those ideas in one style of figuration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

In contrast, Brown tries to straddle two distinct idioms: abstract mark-making and impressionistic figuration.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

“Thinking about the window paintings and the way in which she’s merging these multiple realms together, there’s always this tension between representation and figuration and abstraction in her work,” Karasoulas said.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

In B major, it is sufficiently various in figuration and rhythmical life to single it from its fellows.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James