She is sometimes classed as a lyrical abstractionist. In an interview, Martiny has been called a "gestural abstractionist". Albers is best remembered for his work as a Geometric abstractionist painter and theorist. She is considered to be one of the first abstractionist artists in Vancouver. Josef Albers is best remembered for his work as a Geometric abstractionist painter and theorist. In 1960s, he was called an abstractionist. In 1961 Flexor opened the second abstractionist studio. An article profiling Hadid in the "New Yorker" magazine was titled "The Abstractionist". Then, as he testified himself, he went through all the stages&colon; "Dadaist, Abstractionist, Expressionist". Allie McGhee (born in Charleston, West Virginia in 1941) is a Detroit-based painter and abstractionist.