Tachisme

Tachisme (alternative spelling: Tachism, derived from the French word tache - stain) was a French style of abstract painting in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often considered to be the European equivalent to abstract expressionism. Other names for this movements are l'art informel (similar to action painting) and abstraction lyrique (lyrical abstraction).

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.

Artists

• Jean Dubuffet, (1901-1985)
• Jean Fautrier , (1898-1964)
• Sam Francis, (1923-1994), a US abstract painter influenced by this movement
• Hans Hartung , (1904-1989)
• Georges Mathieu , (born 1921)
• Henri Michaux, (1899-1984)
• Pierre Soulages , (born 1919)
• Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze), (1913-1951)

External links

• Artnet.com: Resource Library: Tachism

See also

List of French artists and artistic movements