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but the emphasis is not on representational accuracy and the greater part of abstract paintings is the product of the painter's imagination, of what he thinks and feels, rather than what he sees. While artists like Picasso and Modigliani showed the way how abstract art can be applied to portraiture, contemporary artists are trying to follow up on the work of the above-mentioned pioneers In general, the abstract artist's intention is not to preserve a person's image for posterity, but rather to give expression to the abstract artist's inner self. These are abstract paintings of people in which the human figure is recognizable and sometimes even the person portrayed is recognizable. |
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