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Tachiste

Scope note

Use for French painting similar to American Action Painting, including that of the late 1940s sometimes called Abstraction Lyrique. Use "Lyrical Abstraction" for the continuation of Abstract Expressionism into the 1960s and 1970s (e.g., Guston, Frankenthaler).

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022105

Broader Terms used

Art Informel

Equivalent Terms used

Tachisme

Created

13yrs ago

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