Painting Abstract Art

Painting Abstract Art

Tachism - The Concept

Tachism, also spelt as Tachisme, comes from the French word 'tache' - meaning stain or spot. Tachism is a style of Abstract Painting that reigned the French Art scene during 1940s and 1950s. Abstraction Lyrique (American Lyrical Abstraction) and L'art Informel (Action Painting) are some of the other names that have been used to describe Tachism. This Western Painting style has also been referred to as the European counterpart to Abstract Expressionism of America. French critics Pierre Guéguen and Charles Estienne, in 1951, are said to have coined the term Tachism. It was also talked about in Michel Tapié's book Un Art autre (1952). The Gutai Group from Japan and the Cobra Group artists are both associated with this art style.

The Artists

Prominent Tachism painters include Hans Hartung (1904-89) and A O Wolfgang Schulze Wols (1913-51), both born in Germany. Wolfgang Schulze (French - born 1913) is also called the spiritual father of 'Tachism.' The other important proponents of Tachism include Georges Mathieu (French - born 1927), Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian - born 1927), Roger Bissière (French - 1888-1964), and Norman Bluhm (American - 1921-99), to name some. Jean Dubuffet (1901-85) was a very famous French avant-garde painter.

He followed Tachism and used oil paints and an impasto, thickened with products, including tar, straw, and sand. This gave his artwork a textured feel that was unique. Another famous Tachiste German painter, Karl Otto Götz (born 1914) was a part of the COBRA group. He later co-founded the Frankfurt 'Quadriga', a group of artists representing a style of Tachism, inspired by the works of Wols and the Automatism style. Tachism heavily inspired Sam Francis (1923-94), an American Abstract Painter, also.

The Correlations

This style of Western Painting was widely followed after World War II in Paris, and continued through the 1950s. The works under this art style carried spontaneous and intuitive brush strokes, similar to Action Painting of the US. Tachism is said to have developed as a Non-Geometric Abstract Art form, a reaction to Cubism.

The Details

Sweeping brush strokes and sometimes the blobs of paint directly from the tube marked Tachism creations. Blots & splashes of colors and scribbling resembling calligraphy, characterize the artworks. Departing from the restrictive Cubist style, the Tachiste painters played around with paint and calligraphy, working with loaded brushes and splashing and spraying colors. Both, elegance & gracefully blended colors, and irregularly sprayed dabs of color on the canvas, characterized artworks under Tachism.

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What is the best paint for abstract art?

Anything for abstract art.

You are asking for personal opinion here so I'll give you mine. I think oils are the best paints for abstract or any other kinds of art work. Watercolour is just happy accident but sometimes unhappy and acrylics leave me cold.