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Tachisme was a reaction to Cubism and is characterized by spontaneous brushwork, drips and blobs of paint straight from the tube, and sometimes scribbling reminiscent of calligraphy.Tachisme is closely related to Informalism or Art Informel, which, in its 1950s French art-critical context, referred not so much to a sense of "informal art" as "a lack or absence of form itself"–non-formal or un-form-ulated–and not a simple reduction of formality or formalness. Art Informel was more about the absence of premeditated structure, conception or approach (sans cérémonie) than a mere casual, loosened or relaxed art procedure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachisme
Samples of Tachisme Art
Around the Blues"
Sam Francis
1957-1962-63
Tate
The Exemplary Life of the Soil
Jean Dubuffet
1958
Tate
Tachisme was the European equivalent to abstract expressionism in America. The name derives from the French word ‘tache’, meaning a stain or splash (e.g. of paint).
The introduction of the term to describe these post-war developments is usually credited to the critic Pierre Guéguen in 1951. However, it was used in 1889 by the critic Félix Fénéon to describe the impressionist technique, and again in 1909 by the artist Maurice Denis referring to the fauve painters.
Tachisme is virtually synonymous with art informel.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms...
Lyrical AbstractionLyrical abstraction is either of two related but distinct trends in Post-war Modernist painting:
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...
A third definition is the usage as a descriptive term. It is a descriptive term characterizing a type of abstract painting related to Abstract Expressionism; in use since the 1940s. Many well known abstract expressionist painters such as Arshile Gorky seen in context have been characterized as doing a type of painting described as lyrical abstraction
Lebanon
John Hoyland
2007
One of England's leading Abstract painters
Wow, I have to say that last one, Lebanon IMO isn't that great looking, I wouldn't hang it in my house as decor, or buy it at auction, but I can't help but stare at it! I can't pull my eyes away from it for some reason. I don't know why it has this affect on me.
I’d heard the name Hoyland before but was not that familiar with his work, so I had a quick look online.Interesting work!
Tachisme (alternative spelling: Tachism, derived from the French word tache, stain)
... A French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s. The term is said to have been first used with regards to the movement in 1951. It is often considered to be the European equivalent to abstract expressionism,...
It was part of a larger postwar movement known as Art Informel (or Informel), which abandoned geometric abstraction in favour of a more intuitive form of expression, similar to action painting. Another name for Tachism is Abstraction lyrique (related to American Lyrical Abstraction). COBRA is also related to Tachisme, as is Japan's Gutai group.