Tachisme - Wikipedia Tachisme (alternative spelling: Tachism, derived from the French word tache, stain; French pronunciation: ⓘ) is 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 [1]
Tachism | Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting . . . Tachism, (from tache, “spot”), style of painting practiced in Paris after World War II and through the 1950s that, like its American equivalent, Action painting, featured the intuitive, spontaneous gesture of the artist’s brushstroke
Tachisme - 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
Tachismo – Characteristics, Advantages and Representatives Tachism appeared in France in the 1940s and 1950s This style of abstract painting designates one of the aspects of informal art that favors an inspiration free of servitude This term was first used negatively by the critic Pierre Guéguen in 1951
Tachisme, Art Informel: History, Characteristics The term Tachisme (tachism) describes a style of abstract painting characterized by the use of spots, blotches or stains of colour (tache is French for spot or splash)
Tachisme - Definition, History, Paintings - Arthive Tachisme in its modern meaning arose in the 1950s in France The style got its name from the French word "tache" meaning "a spot" Tachisme became part of the more widespread French post-war trend in painting, which was known as informalism (fr art informel)