Lyrical Abstraction Movement

Print, Abstract, Antoni Clavé

Abstract

Antoni Clavé

Print - 68 x 88 x 0.3 cm

$1,976

Painting, The feeling of autumn, Le anh Tuan

The feeling of autumn

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 59.9 x 79.8 x 3 cm

$1,300

Painting, Untitled, Johnny Semaan

Untitled

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm

$1,850

Painting, Graphic - Kalinov, Stavri Kalinov

Graphic - Kalinov

Stavri Kalinov

Painting - 73 x 53 x 0.5 cm

$1,242

Print, Untitled, Jorge Castillo

Untitled

Jorge Castillo

Print - 80 x 60 cm

$452

Print, Variations sur thème X, Joze Ciuha

Variations sur thème X

Joze Ciuha

Print - 96 x 66 x 0.1 cm

$678

Painting, Far West, Jorge Castillo

Far West

Jorge Castillo

Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.05 cm

$4,291

Sculpture, Charlie Chaplin - on camera, Stavri Kalinov

Charlie Chaplin - on camera

Stavri Kalinov

Sculpture - 30 x 8 x 8 cm

$1,468

Print, Paroles Peintes, Camille Bryen

Paroles Peintes

Camille Bryen

Print - 38 x 28.5 cm

$282

Painting, Mémoire dans l'eau 08T-XIV, Akané Kirimura

Mémoire dans l'eau 08T-XIV

Akané Kirimura

Painting - 40 x 15 cm

$678

Painting, Paths of Light, Gregg Simpson

Paths of Light

Gregg Simpson

Painting - 145.8 x 113 x 2.5 cm

$10,000

Painting, La Frontière GUERRE WAR The border, Joze Ciuha

La Frontière GUERRE WAR The border

Joze Ciuha

Painting - 70 x 100 x 0.5 cm

$22,021

Print, Bios-G-IX, Akané Kirimura

Bios-G-IX

Akané Kirimura

Print - 80 x 60 cm

$621

Sculpture, Paradoxe, Yves Cass

Paradoxe

Yves Cass

Sculpture - 114 x 110 x 14 cm

$10,728

Painting, Le Paradis Perdu, Omid Hallaj

Le Paradis Perdu

Omid Hallaj

Painting - 180 x 380 x 5 cm

$11,293

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Antoni Clavé

Untitled

Antoni Clavé

Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 57 x 1 cm

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, Little Theater, Jorge Castillo

Little Theater

Jorge Castillo

Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 25 x 0.1 cm

$1,355

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Camille Bryen

Sans titre

Camille Bryen

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 9 cm

$1,355

Painting, Nrtyaangana - The Dancer !, Doo Doo

Nrtyaangana - The Dancer !

Doo Doo

Painting - 95 x 60 x 1 cm

$1,121

Painting, Le monde des chamanes ocre, Yves Cass

Le monde des chamanes ocre

Yves Cass

Painting - 74 x 57 x 1 cm

$1,073

Print, Humanity connected with the nature, Stavri Kalinov

Humanity connected with the nature

Stavri Kalinov

Print - 13 x 13 x 0.1 cm

$113

Print, Inconnu, Antoni Clavé

Inconnu

Antoni Clavé

Print - 80 x 63 x 1 cm

$3,162

Print, No title, Antoni Clavé

No title

Antoni Clavé

Print - 68 x 88 x 0.04 cm

$1,976

Painting, The feeling of autumn, Le anh Tuan

The feeling of autumn

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 59.9 x 79.8 x 3 cm

$1,350

Painting, The feeling of autumn 1, Le anh Tuan

The feeling of autumn 1

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 56.9 x 79.8 x 3 cm

$1,300

Painting, A branch from a branch IV, Johnny Semaan

A branch from a branch IV

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm

$1,850

Painting, A branch from a branch III, Johnny Semaan

A branch from a branch III

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm

$1,850

Painting, A branch from a branch II, Johnny Semaan

A branch from a branch II

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm

$1,850

Painting, A branch from a branch I, Johnny Semaan

A branch from a branch I

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm

$1,850

Painting, Transitional II, Johnny Semaan

Transitional II

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm

$1,850

Painting, Transitional I, Johnny Semaan

Transitional I

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm

$1,850

Print, Personnage, Antoni Clavé

Personnage

Antoni Clavé

Print - 35 x 25 cm

$678

Painting, Conversion II, Johnny Semaan

Conversion II

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm

$1,850

Painting, Spring sunshine, Le anh Tuan

Spring sunshine

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$1,500

Painting, The cherry blossoms have bloomed signaling a news, Le anh Tuan

The cherry blossoms have bloomed signaling a news

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 59.9 x 3 cm

$1,400

Painting, Cherry blossoms, Le anh Tuan

Cherry blossoms

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 3 cm

$1,500

Painting, Peach blossom in Spring, Le anh Tuan

Peach blossom in Spring

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$1,750

Painting, Spring, Le anh Tuan

Spring

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 69.9 x 3 cm

$1,600

Painting, Spring blossoms, Le anh Tuan

Spring blossoms

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm

$1,000

Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan

Water Lilies

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 69.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm

$1,550

Painting, Peach blossom in Spring, Le anh Tuan

Peach blossom in Spring

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 69.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm

$1,500

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 59.9 x 3 cm

$1,850

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 89.9 x 3 cm

$1,850

Painting, Water lily, Flower of purity, Le anh Tuan

Water lily, Flower of purity

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 59.9 x 3 cm

$1,800

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 59.9 x 3 cm

$1,800

Painting, Lovers pond, Le anh Tuan

Lovers pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,000

Painting, Summer pond, Le anh Tuan

Summer pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,000

Painting, Happy fish, Le anh Tuan

Happy fish

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 88.9 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm

$1,500

Painting, Happy fish, Le anh Tuan

Happy fish

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$1,250

Painting, Happy fish, Le anh Tuan

Happy fish

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 78.7 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm

$1,500

Painting, Conversion I, Johnny Semaan

Conversion I

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm

$1,850

Painting, The moon light, Le anh Tuan

The moon light

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 119.9 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm

$2,990

Painting, Radiate incense, Le anh Tuan

Radiate incense

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 100.1 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm

$2,500

Painting, Auturm, Le anh Tuan

Auturm

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 84.8 x 3 cm

$3,000

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 179.8 x 3 cm

$3,250

Painting, Water lilies, Le anh Tuan

Water lilies

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,000

Painting, Autumn lake surface, Le anh Tuan

Autumn lake surface

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 99.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,500

Painting, Lovers pond, Le anh Tuan

Lovers pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 119.9 x 79.8 x 3 cm

$2,100

Print, Le peintre flamand, Antoni Clavé

Le peintre flamand

Antoni Clavé

Print - 62.5 x 46 cm

$3,614

Painting, Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Le anh Tuan

Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm

$2,900

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,000

Painting, Happy fish, Le anh Tuan

Happy fish

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 83.8 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm

$850

Painting, Summer mountain scenery, Le anh Tuan

Summer mountain scenery

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 83.8 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm

$800

Painting, Personages, Jorge Castillo

Personages

Jorge Castillo

Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm

$6,776

Painting, Cherry blossoms, Le anh Tuan

Cherry blossoms

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,750

Painting, Spring sunshine, Le anh Tuan

Spring sunshine

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 119.9 x 179.8 x 5.1 cm

$4,850

Painting, Spring sunshine, Le anh Tuan

Spring sunshine

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 99.8 x 179.8 x 5.1 cm

$4,785

Painting, Peach blossom in Spring, Le anh Tuan

Peach blossom in Spring

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,400

Painting, Spring, Le anh Tuan

Spring

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 100.3 x 179.8 x 3 cm

$4,800

Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan

Water Lilies

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,500

Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan

Water Lilies

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,900

Painting, A view reminiscent of Monet's garden in Giverny, Le anh Tuan

A view reminiscent of Monet's garden in Giverny

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,950

Painting, Morning (Water lily, Flower of purity), Le anh Tuan

Morning (Water lily, Flower of purity)

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 69.9 x 3 cm

$2,200

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 99.8 x 79.8 x 3 cm

$2,200

Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan

Water Lilies

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,900

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,200

Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan

Blooming lilies pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,200

Painting, Water lily, Flower of purity, Le anh Tuan

Water lily, Flower of purity

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm

$3,000

Painting, Water lily, Flower of purity, Le anh Tuan

Water lily, Flower of purity

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm

$3,300

Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan

Morning on the lake

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,900

Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan

Morning on the lake

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,200

Painting, Early morning, Le anh Tuan

Early morning

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,250

Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan

Water Lilies

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,900

Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan

Morning on the lake

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,900

Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan

Morning on the lake

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,200

Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan

Water Lilies

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$3,000

Painting, Autumn, Le anh Tuan

Autumn

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,250

Painting, Autumn in Hanoi: Yellow leaves fall on each street, Le anh Tuan

Autumn in Hanoi: Yellow leaves fall on each street

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,500

Painting, The feeling of autumn 2, Le anh Tuan

The feeling of autumn 2

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,300

Painting, Water lily, Flower of purity, Le anh Tuan

Water lily, Flower of purity

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm

$3,000

Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan

Morning on the lake

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm

$3,500

Painting, Lovers pond, Le anh Tuan

Lovers pond

Le anh Tuan

Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm

$2,500

Lyrical Abstraction Movement

Lyrical abstraction first developed in Europe as a response to geometric abstraction and its systematic treatment of pictorial forms. Vassily Kandinsky can be considered the pioneer of lyrical abstraction with his “improvisations." However, this term was actually first established in 1947 by French painter, Georges Mathieu, who used it to refer to paintings intended to highlight artists' expressiveness and personal feelings.  Like Surrealism, lyrical abstraction shares its spontaneity in expression, whilst its gestural painting style is reminiscent of abstract expressionism.


George Mathieu was at the heart of two exhibitions in Paris that were crucial in the development of lyrical abstraction.The first exhibition took place at the Palais du Luxembourg, and revealed a wide range of painters from Jean-Paul Riopelle and George Mathieu to Pablo Picasso and Hans Hartung. It was during this exhibition that the term 'lyrical abstraction' was first coined, and intended to communicate an art form that favoured expression and gestural painting.  


George Mathieu a French painter and one of the fathers of lyrical abstraction, Matthieu created his works through an expressive vocabulary similar to that of calligraphy. He became well-known for his creation of large-scale paintings in front of an audience, exploring art as a performance; a concept already seen in Jackson Pollock's all-over paintings. In 1956, Mathieu created a 12-metre-long canvas called Hommage aux poètes du monde entier  (tribute to the poets of the world) at the Sarah-Bernardt theatre in just twenty minutes. The spontaneity of his painting style can also be seen in his almost entirely monochrome piece, Les Capétiens partout ! (Capetians everywhere!). 


Jean Paul Riopelle is an abstract Canadian expressionist best known for his non-figurative landscapes. He joined the lyrical abstraction movement after participating in one of George Mathieu's exhibitions. Riopelle worked predominantly with freshly squeezed paint, which he would liberally apply with a palette knife to produce dense and large-scale mosaics. His diverse work was inspired by Jackson Pollock's all-over paintings. 


Nicolas de Staël

A unique artist who met a tragic end, Nicolas de Staël occupies a unique place in post-war art. Overcoming the "abstraction-figuration" conflict that characterised the art world at the time, he was met with both controversy and adoration. He quickly found fame on an international level, garnering interest from a continuously increasing audience. In his work, Nice, the city is depicted through juxtaposing squares and blocks of colour.  


Hans Hartung 

One of the most important figures in abstract art, Hartung was also the father of 'Tachism', a term derived from the French word 'tache' (stain). It was a French style of abstract painting, introduced by critic, Charles Estienne, which used dabs and splashes of colour. One of Hartung's most famous paintings, Untitled, is particularly striking due to its use of monochrome lines. 


Lyrical abstraction is a movement that believes wholeheartedly in the power of the artist's gesture. Discover the contemporary artists on Artsper who place emotion and expression at the core of their pieces!  

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