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LYRIC ART, ABSTRACT, TACHISM / 1950-1960

Jean Degottex, Georges Mathieu, Jackson Pollock, Emil Schumacher, Emilio Vedova, etc.
Dubuffet Jean - Francis Sam - Hartung Hans - Lanskoy André - Papart Max - Schneider Gérard - Soulages Pierre - Tapiès Antoni - Ubac Raoul - Van Velde Bram - Fautrier Jean - Burri Alberto - Pichette James - Atlan J-Michel - Bryen Camille - Saura Antonio - Debré Olivier - Boumeester C. - Bissiere Roger - Coignard James - Engel Nissan - Poliakoff Serge - Wols Otto - Guerrier Raymond - Asse Geneviève - Chu Teh-Chun - Motherwell Robert - Jenkins Paul - Bertrand Solange - Capdeville Jean - Doucet Jacques - Fiedler François - Charchoune Serge - Michaux Henri - Marfaing André - Riopelle Jean-Paul - Orsini Monique - Servant Jacques - Dmitrienko Pierre - Baj Enrico - Pons Jean - Bazaine Jean - Messagier Jean - Santomaso Giuseppe - Vedova Emilio -

At the end of World War II, Georges Mathieu conceived of an artistic style that he would soon refer to as “lyric abstraction”. A new style where the negation of form would signify the rejection of the principle of reason. This new school attracted many artists of many different nationalities. In 1954, art critique Charles Estienne evoked the notion of Tachism. The new movement found some unity in its allegiance to pre-war Surrealistic values. Thus it rejected the hegemony of almighty reason; it found some inspiration in the esthetics of calligraphy and expressed its lyricism in the beauty of the media themselves. It trusted psychic improvisation and body techniques to produce instant works of art. Even if it is possible to consider Abstract Expressionism as the American counterpart to this movement, it is undeniable that during the 1950’s Informal Art imposed itself as a truly European style. In Northern Europe, this lyrical approach can be found in Cobra (1948-1951).

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Others movements : ITALIAN NOVECENTO - RAYONNISM - NEW FIGURATION -

Index chosen on the movements, important currents and events in the XX 2nd century art

I wanted to give here, with 46 various short introductions, some general elements on the movements or currents of art, groups or exhibitions, which concern the artists whose works are presented in gallery or were it recently. The table, above, will make it possible to visually locate the periods or dates in time. Each entry is followed of a list of the principal artists belonging to the movement or current. It may be that there is only one simple relationship between such or such artist and the movement in which in theory one locates it (Click on the names in blue to reveal work or works currently in stock). It will be understood, some movements are represented much than of others in my gallery. The same artist will be often found in several movements (as each one knows it, it was thus). Although these some introductions, briefly developed, are not addressed to the specialists, they will forgive me the few lapses of memory or choices which would lend to discussion. I hope that these tiny introductions will be however useful to some of you. Michelle Champetier


 

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