In Europe, abstract expressionism was known as Art Informel (formless art), which divided into a gesturalist wing, known as Tachisme (see also the COBRA group), and a softer style
called Lyrical Abstraction.
The painting in this photo is from my father's gestural period; in France it's
called lyrical abstraction or Art Informel.
For a while, Leo was interested in what was then
called Lyrical Abstraction.
Along with John Hoyland, Walter Darby Bannard, Larry Zox, Ronald Davis, Ronnie Landfield, John Seery, Pat Lipsky, Dan Christensen [29] and several other young painters a new movement that related to Color Field painting began to form; eventually
called Lyrical Abstraction.
Larry Aldrich recognized this coming of age and
called it Lyrical Abstraction.
Not exact matches
With a career spanning over six decades, this film presents Mason as a shy yet innovative figure in American art, a pioneer in the field of
lyrical abstraction, and a master of the so -
called «poetry of color».
I'd
call the work
lyrical geometry, although
lyrical abstraction would probably be closer to the mark.»
Greenberg saw Bush's post-Painters Eleven work as a clear manifestation of the shift from abstract expressionism to Color Field painting and
Lyrical Abstraction, a shift he had
called for in most of his critical writings of the period.
Seery's work was also included in a
Lyrical Abstraction exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum in 2009
called Expanding Boundaries:
Lyrical Abstraction Selections from the Permanent Collection.
At the time they were
calling a certain type of painting
Lyrical Abstraction.