Lyric Art, abstract, tachism, Prints Gallery MC

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LYRIC ART, ABSTRACT, TACHISM
1950-1960

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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).

Artists not in gallery : Jackson Pollock, Emil Schumacher, etc.

Artists in gallery : Giuseppe Ajmone, Hiroshi Asada, Geneviève Asse, Jean-Michel Atlan, Giancarlo Bargoni, Jean Bazaine, Frédéric Benrath, Huguette-Arthur Bertrand, Solange Bertrand , Roger Bissiere, Christine Boumeester, Camille Bryen, Alberto Burri, Corrado Cagli, Rafael Canogar, Jean Capdeville, Nicolas Carrega, Lourdes Castro, Serge Charchoune, Alfredo Chighine, Hsiao Chin, Chu Teh-Chun, James Coignard, Olivier Debré, Jean Degottex, Rajendra Dhawan, Pierre Dmitrienko, Jun Dobashi, Christian Dotremont, Jacques Doucet, Joe Downing, Yannick Dublineau, René Duvillier, Nissan Engel, Gianfranco Fasce, Jean Fautrier, François Fiedler, Sam Francis, Gianni Frassati, Monique Frydman, Albino Galvano, Jacques Germain, Roger-Edgar Gillet, Raymond Guerrier, James Guitet, Hans Hartung, Paul Jenkins, Horst Egon Kalinowski, André Lanskoy, René Laubiès, Thu Xanh Lebadang, Philippe Lepâtre, Osvaldo Licini, Lionel, Marcelle Loubchansky, André Marfaing, Georges Mathieu, Takesada Matsutani , Jean Messagier, Henri Michaux, Umberto Milani, Manolo Millares, André Minaux, Jean Miotte, Mattia Moreni, Ennio Morlotti, Jill Moser, Robert Motherwell, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Monique Orsini, Max Papart, Adriano Parisot, Jean Piaubert, James Pichette, Joan Hernández Pijuan, Serge Poliakoff, Jean Pons, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Giuseppe Santomaso, Key Sato, Antonio Saura, Gérard Schneider, Bernhard Schultze, Iaroslav Serpan, Jacques Servant, Jean Signovert, Kurt Rudolf Sonderborg, Pierre Soulages, Ferdinand Springer, Douglas Swan, Yasse Tabuchi, Emilio Tadini, Antoni Tàpies, Raoul Ubac, Giuseppe Uncini, Kate Van Houten, Bram Van Velde, Emilio Vedova, Otto Wols, Léon Zack.

XXth century art movements

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