Sentences with phrase «by tachisme»

Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) Influenced by Tachisme, Lyrical Abstraction and Japanese calligraphic art.

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European Abstraction Lyrique born in Paris, the French art critic Jean José Marchand being credited with coining its name in 1947, considered as a component of (Tachisme) when the name of this movement was coined in 1951 by Pierre Guéguen and Charles Estienne the author of L'Art à Paris 1945 — 1966, and American Lyrical Abstraction a movement described by Larry Aldrich (the founder of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield Connecticut) in 1969.

According to Chilvers, the term tachisme «was first used in this sense in about 1951 (the French critics Charles Estienne and Pierre Guéguen have each been credited with coining it) and it was given wide currency by [French critic and painter] Michel Tapié in his book Un Art autre (1952).»

With Between Tachisme and Abstract Expressionism: Bluhm, Francis, Jenkins, Hollis Taggart Galleries will present a selection of works by Postwar painters Norman Bluhm, Sam Francis, and...

In Australia, Tachisme was embraced by the Sydney School.

The term Tachisme - derived from the French word «tache» meaning «spot» - describes a type of abstract painting popular in the late 1940s and 1950s characterized by the use of irregular dabs or splotches of colour.

[1] While in Paris he became associated with Tachisme, and had his work championed by art critics Michel Tapié and Claude Duthuit (the son - in - law of the painter Henri Matisse).

These mini-movements included: (1) Tachisme, a style of abstract painting marked by splotches and dabs of colour, was promoted as the French answer to American Abstract Expressionism.

Interestingly, Feneon also coined the term Tachisme to describe the painting technique of the Impressionists, some 60 years or so before it was re-used by the French art critic Michel Tapie to describe the Tachisme splinter movement which evolved out of abstract expressionism.

In Europe, gesturalism was practised in the Art Informel movement (the European version of Abstract Expressionism) by artists like Georges Mathieu and Wols, by exponents of Tachisme, and by Asger Jorn (1914 - 73) and Karel Appel (1921 - 2006) of the COBRA group.

This solo show gained him a reputation as one of the top young 20th - century painters, and a key exponent of Tachisme - the French gesturalist style of Art Informel - a European variant of abstract expressionism pioneered by the New York School.

American abstract expressionism led the way, paralleled by Art Informel and Tachisme in Europe.

Tachisme also rejected Cubism and was characterised by paint used straight from the tube, dripped and blobbed.

With «Between Tachisme and Abstract Expressionism: Bluhm, Francis, Jenkins,» Hollis Taggart Galleries will present a selection of works by Postwar painters Norman Bluhm, Sam Francis, and Paul Jenkins that illustrates their function as a bridge between the avant - garde movements in New York and Paris.

Interestingly enough the term Tachisme had already been claimed in 1889 by the French art critic Felix Feneon to describe the Impressionist technique, and again in 1909 by the artist Maurice Denis (1870 - 1943) in reference to Fauvism.

His early paintings were influenced by the Art Informel movement and the Tachisme style, as well as Americans like Jackson Pollock (1912 - 66), Willem de Kooning (1904 - 97) and Mark Rothko (1903 - 70).

While in France, Francis became involved with Tachisme, a style of abstract gestural painting characterised by the irregular use of splotches and dabs of colour.

Tachisme Term coined in 1952 by the French critic Michel Tapie, for the technique of painting in irregular dabs (taches or spots) and in an apparently haphazard manner.

Popular during the late 1940s and 1950s, this style of abstract art is part of (and to this extent synonymous with) the broader movement of Art Informel: the only difference is that Tachisme is focused exclusively on the type of expressive gesture used by the artist.

Closely related to tachisme is Lyrical Abstraction, a softer type of abstract painting, that eliminated some of the more subjective elements of Art Informel - a style exemplified by Nicolas de Stael (1914 - 1955), Jean Paul Riopelle (1923 - 2002) and the colourist Patrick Heron (1920 - 99).

The word Tachisme was first used to describe this modern form of gesturalism by the art critic Pierre Gueguen in 1951.

The term Tachisme (tachism) describes a style of abstract painting characterized by the use of spots, blotches or stains of colour (tache is French for spot or splash).