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Figures in the forest
Gregg Simpson
Painting - 119.4 x 134.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47 x 53 x 1 inch
$5,400
The emotional creation #182
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$8,388
The emotional creation #202
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$8,388
The emotional creation #389
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$8,388
The emotional creation #365
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 125 x 250 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 98.4 x 1.6 inch
$16,777
Black Gold no. 10 (on cork)
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 125 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$13,422
The emotional creation #265
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 180 x 135 x 4 cm Painting - 70.9 x 53.1 x 1.6 inch
$9,507
The emotional creation #229
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$8,948
The emotional creation #373
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 125 x 250 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 98.4 x 1.6 inch
$16,777
The emotional creation #248
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 125 x 250 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 98.4 x 1.6 inch
$16,777
The emotional creation #306
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$8,388
The emotional creation #292
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$8,388
Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$2,900
Blooming lilies pond
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,250
The retention of memory
Kirill Basalaev
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$5,369
Horse and the child
Stavri Kalinov
Painting - 113 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 44.5 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$10,961
Umbrella, lady and the bird
Stavri Kalinov
Painting - 125 x 125 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.6 inch
$22,369
2001 Prophète sur fond violet Prophet COLLECTION LUBJANA MUSEUM, SLOVENIA
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 217 x 187 x 1 cm Painting - 85.4 x 73.6 x 0.4 inch
$21,810
Prophète violet Prophet in purple
Joze Ciuha
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$3,299
GUERRE, prisonnier du camp de concentration WAR, concentration camp prisonner
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 90 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$5,587
La Dame de Pique Queen of Spades LUBJANA MUSEUM COLLECTION, SLOVENIA
Joze Ciuha
Print - 70 x 57 cm Print - 27.6 x 22.4 inch
$5,033
El secreto del amor (The secret of love)
Sonia Domenech
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$403
Baby selling paper flowers
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 99.8 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 39.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,650
Oiseau Vert 1996 Green Bird
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 90 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$5,480
Lac Montagne de BLED Slovénie 1996 Lake Mountain of BLED Slovenia
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,362 $2,181
Women gathering grass
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$450
Prophet with letters COLLECTION LUBJANA SLOVENIA MUSEUM
Joze Ciuha
Print - 58 x 69 cm Print - 22.8 x 27.2 inch
$3,299
The retention of memory
Kirill Basalaev
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,263
The retention of memory
Kirill Basalaev
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$7,270
Spring sunshine
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 119.9 x 179.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.8 x 2 inch
$4,850
Peach blossom in Spring
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,600
A view reminiscent of Monet's garden in Giverny
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,200
Blooming lilies pond
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,100
Morning (Water lily, Flower of purity)
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 89.9 x 69.9 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,400
Blooming lilies pond
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 99.8 x 79.8 x 3 cm Painting - 39.3 x 31.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,400
Blooming lilies pond
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,450
Blooming lilies pond
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,450
Water lily, Flower of purity
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,250
Water lily, Flower of purity
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,550
Morning on the lake
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,150
Morning on the lake
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,450
Morning on the lake
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,150
Morning on the lake
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,500
Autumn in Hanoi: Yellow leaves fall on each street
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,750
The feeling of autumn 2
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,550
Water lily, Flower of purity
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,250
Morning on the lake
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 119.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,750
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!