![Print, Sans titre 17, Jorge Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154850_1_grid.jpg)
Lyrical Abstraction Movement
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
![Print, Sans titre 17, Jorge Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154850_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre 13, Jorge Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154784_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The retention of memory, Kirill Basalaev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147262_1_grid.jpg)
The retention of memory
Kirill Basalaev
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$5,408
![Painting, Firefly flowers, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1464444_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bios-G-VI, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/98437_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Camille Bryen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/405628_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Camille Bryen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/405625_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bios-G-IV, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/98428_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Prophète violet Prophet in purple, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975558_1_grid.jpg)
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
$3,324
![Painting, GUERRE, prisonnier du camp de concentration WAR, concentration camp prisonner, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975555_1_grid.jpg)
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
$5,628
![Painting, Mémoire dans l'eau Q-III, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/260995_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mémoire dans l'eau Q-II, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/259711_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Horse and the child, Stavri Kalinov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1433475_1_grid.jpg)
Horse and the child
Stavri Kalinov
Painting - 113 x 68 x 2 cm Painting - 44.5 x 26.8 x 0.8 inch
$11,042
![Painting, Umbrella, lady and the bird, Stavri Kalinov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1335696_1_grid.jpg)
Umbrella, lady and the bird
Stavri Kalinov
Painting - 125 x 125 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.6 inch
$22,535
![Print, La Dame de Pique Queen of Spades LUBJANA MUSEUM COLLECTION, SLOVENIA, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1168074_1_grid.jpg)
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
$5,070
![Print, Barcelona 5, Jorge Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, El secreto del amor (The secret of love), Sonia Domenech](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1930779_1_grid.jpg)
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
$406
![Print, Incendio de Adan, Jorge Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/187603_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pieta 2000, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882981_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Baby selling paper flowers, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1817616_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Print, Paysage intime-V, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/98494_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseau Vert 1996 Green Bird, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/975597_1_grid.jpg)
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
$5,521
![Painting, Lac Montagne de BLED Slovénie 1996 Lake Mountain of BLED Slovenia, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873054_1_grid.jpg)
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
$3,268
![Print, BIOS-PG-XVII, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/66018_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The retention of memory, Kirill Basalaev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147263_1_grid.jpg)
The retention of memory
Kirill Basalaev
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,310
![Painting, The retention of memory, Kirill Basalaev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147257_1_grid.jpg)
The retention of memory
Kirill Basalaev
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$7,324
![Print, Prophet with letters COLLECTION LUBJANA SLOVENIA MUSEUM, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1168377_1_grid.jpg)
Prophet with letters COLLECTION LUBJANA SLOVENIA MUSEUM
Joze Ciuha
Print - 58 x 69 cm Print - 22.8 x 27.2 inch
$3,324
![Print, Paysage intime-VI, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/98497_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paysage intime-IV, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/98491_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paysage intime-III, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/98488_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, 1994 Lady, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1016559_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Appearance-PG-19-II, Akané Kirimura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1005195_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition, Jorge Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076504_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Women gathering grass, Seyran Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948512_1_grid.jpg)
Women gathering grass
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 45 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
$450 $383
![Painting, 2001 Prophète sur fond violet Prophet COLLECTION LUBJANA MUSEUM, SLOVENIA, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170135_1_grid.jpg)
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
$21,972
![Painting, Le Prêtre 1983 The Priest COLLECTION LUBJANA MUSEUM SLOVENIA, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170114_1_grid.jpg)
Le Prêtre 1983 The Priest COLLECTION LUBJANA MUSEUM SLOVENIA
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 150 x 120 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 inch
$27,606
![Painting, Prophète sur ciel bleu 2000 Prophet on blue sky, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170111_1_grid.jpg)
Prophète sur ciel bleu 2000 Prophet on blue sky
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 120 x 150 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 inch
$21,972
![Painting, 1999 Religieuse en rose Nun on pink COLLECTION LUBJANA MUSEUM, SLOVENIA, Joze Ciuha](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167483_1_grid.jpg)
1999 Religieuse en rose Nun on pink COLLECTION LUBJANA MUSEUM, SLOVENIA
Joze Ciuha
Painting - 52 x 52 cm Painting - 20.5 x 20.5 inch
$10,704
![Painting, Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167865_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Cherry blossoms, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167863_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring sunshine, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167862_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Spring sunshine, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167861_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peach blossom in Spring, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167858_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Spring, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167856_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167849_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A view reminiscent of Monet's garden in Giverny, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167848_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167845_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Morning (Water lily, Flower of purity), Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167844_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167841_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167840_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167839_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167838_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Blooming lilies pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167837_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Water lily, Flower of purity, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167836_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167834_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167833_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Early morning, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167832_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167831_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167830_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167829_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Water Lilies, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167827_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autumn, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167825_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autumn in Hanoi: Yellow leaves fall on each street, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167821_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, The feeling of autumn 2, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167820_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Water lily, Flower of purity, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167818_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167817_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Lovers pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167814_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovely summer, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167812_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers Pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167811_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sparkling heaven, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167809_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Heavenly light, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167808_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer light, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers Pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167806_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167805_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Early morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167804_1_grid.jpg)
Early morning on the lake
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 88.9 x 119.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 47 x 1 inch
$3,250
![Painting, Lover pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167803_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Water lilies, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167798_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers Pond, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167795_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167794_1_grid.jpg)
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
$3,450
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning on the lake, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167792_1_grid.jpg)
Morning on the lake
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 99.1 x 179.8 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 70.8 x 1.2 inch
$3,950
![Fine Art Drawings, Puente en la ciudad / Townbridge, Jorge Castillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1930851_1_grid.jpg)
Puente en la ciudad / Townbridge
Jorge Castillo
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 64 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 25.2 inch
$4,732
![Painting, Peach blossom in spring, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1885344_1_grid.jpg)
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
$3,200
![Painting, Peach blossoms bloom in spring, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1876419_1_grid.jpg)
Peach blossoms bloom in spring
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 79.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,500
![Painting, Peach blossom in spring, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1843251_1_grid.jpg)
Peach blossom in spring
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 85.1 x 104.9 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,900
![Painting, Peach blossom in spring, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842804_1_grid.jpg)
Peach blossom in spring
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 59.9 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,200
![Painting, Peach blossom in spring, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1831119_1_grid.jpg)
Peach blossom in spring
Le anh Tuan
Painting - 99.8 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 39.3 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,600
![Painting, Morning (Water lily, Flower of purity), Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818756_1_grid.jpg)
Morning (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
$3,100
![Painting, Spring day, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815465_1_grid.jpg)
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!