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1998
Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen
Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen
1999
Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen Woman in Temple, abstract art
Abstract paintings of people are paintings that are not intended to be photographic representations of the human figure, but in which the human figure can nevertheless be discerned. 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, 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. Combining the freedom and imagination of abstract paintings with the accurate representation of figurative art is the challenge. Then the people portrayed come to life as abstract people in paintings.
2000
Margreet, abstract art by Marten Jansen Seated Woman, abstract art by Marten Jansen Pure abstract art by Marten Jansen Composition II, pure abstract art by Marten Jansen Composition III, pure abstract art by Marten Jansen
2001 - 2002
Composition IV, pure abstract art by Marten Jansen The Pope. abstract painting by Marten Jansen Abstract portrait of an alien Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen
20032003 - 2008
Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen Abstract art scene of streetwalker and policeman Alto, no photos please - Abstract art by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen
Abstract art portrait by Marten Jansen, 2007 Time, 2007 Jerusalem 2002, abstract art One Second, abstract social realism art, 2003 - 2008 Abstract social realism by Marten Jansen, 2003 - 2008
2006
Despair, Abstract social realism by Marten Jansen, 2003 - 2008 Children of the Street, abstract art, 2003 - 2008 Death and Mourning, abstract art, 2003 - 2008 Abstract art portrait by Marten Jansen, 2007 The Looking Glass, pure abstract art, 2006
20072008
The White Rectangle, pure abstract art, 2006 Abstract art portrait by Marten Jansen, 2007 The Witch, abstract art, 2007 Abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2007 Abstract Portrait No. 6, 2007
Bittersweet, abstract art, 2008 Marked Woman, abstract painting, 2008 Abstract art portrait, painting by Marten Jansen, 2008 Dark Romance, abstract portrait by Marten Jansen, 2008 Mutilation, abstract social realism by Marten Jansen, 2008
2009
The Shrew, abstract painting by Marten Jansen, 2008 Answer Me, abstract painting by Marten Jansen, 2008 Loss, abstract painting by Marten Jansen, 2009 Locked in Time, abstract painting by Marten Jansen, 2009 The Messiah, abstract painting by Marten Jansen, 2009
2010
Abstract Aberration, abstract painting by Marten Jansen, 2009 The Jewess, abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2009 Exhibit A, abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2009 Abstract Portrait No.8, abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2009 Solicitation, abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2009
2011
Noli Me Tangere, abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2009 Iconic Immigrant, abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2009 Pure abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2009 Abstract composition V, pure abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2010 Abstract composition VI, pure abstract art by Marten Jansen, 2010
2012
Abstract Art IX, painting by Marten Jansen, 2010 Abstract X, painting by Marten Jansen, 2010 Abstract X, painting by Marten Jansen, 2010 Abstract Female Portrait, abstract paintings by Marten Jansen The Centrifuge, abstract paintings by Marten Jansen
2013
The Scream, abstract art by Marten Jansen The Ultra Violet Night I, abstract art by Marten Jansen The Ultra Violet Night II, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Martyr of Finance, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Misnamed Portrait, abstract painting by Marten Jansen
2014
Abstract Portrait No. 13, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Black Portrait No.1, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Pure Abstract Art VII, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Ike's Prophecy, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Pure Abstract Art VIII, abstract painting by Marten Jansen
2015
Pure Abstract Art IX, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Abstract Landscape II, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Pure Abstract Art X, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Pure Abstract Art XI, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Pure Abstract Art XII, abstract painting by Marten Jansen
X Marks the Spot, abstract painting by Marten Jansen Double Female Portrait, abstract painting by Marten Jansen
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Doodle

In abstract paintings one can discern various degrees of abstraction. In the semi-abstract art portrait of woman, the face is done in a typically figurative manner, while the hair is recognizable as such, but essentially abstract. The most abstract of the abstract paintings shown above is the abstract art landscape. On close inspection the vegetation on a river bank can be seen and a tree with it's reflection in the stream.
Then we have the tiger and cub painting. Here only the contours and some facial features fit the real world, in the background something that reminds of the sun can be seen but the majority of this abstract painting's details as well as it's coloration is abstract. To the right of the tiger and cub painting we have the Portrait of Hathor, painting that reminds us that abstract art is not really a 20th century invention. Made after an ancient Egyptian relief, this painting shows a body distorted with respect to reality, not a precise representation. The relief was cut in pale-grey stone, so the colors are the artist's, as well as the mosaic in the background.
Many abstract paintings show a fragmentation of the subject, a technique first seen in Picasso's cubism. The neo-cubist portrait of woman painting owes it's "cubism" to this element of fragmentation but differs from Picasso's cubism in that the image has been "flattened", that is, the third dimension has been eliminated, as in Piet Mondrian's cubist period.

Gallery

Abstract Doodle, abstract paintings by Marten Jansen Abstract Portrait No.8, painting by Marten Jansen
Abstract Portrait No.12, painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen
Portrait of Georgia by abstract artist Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen Oil painting by Marten Jansen

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