1960s–1970s
Lyrical Abstraction
Representative work: Untitled from ‘Poèmes d’Eugenio Montale’, Milan by Gérard Schneider
A broad tendency in abstract painting that emphasized free, gestural brushwork, luminous color, and emotional expressiveness. Distinct from both hard-edge painting and Abstract Expressionism.
24 artists in the WattsOS database
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Key Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring Lyrical Abstraction artists.
Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Nov 1987 – Mar 1988
1 artist from this movement
Iliazd and the Illustrated Book
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Jun 1987 – Aug 1987
1 artist from this movement
The Expressionist Idiom
Museum of Modern Art · New York
May 1985 – Dec 1985
1 artist from this movement
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art · New York
May 1984
1 artist from this movement
Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Mar 1983 – May 1983
1 artist from this movement
Pierre Alechinsky: A Print Retrospective
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Jun 1981 – Aug 1981
1 artist from this movement
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Related Movements
Movements that share artists with Lyrical Abstraction.
Movement
- Name
- Lyrical Abstraction
- Period
- 1960s–1970s
- Artists
- 24
- Wikidata
- Q1147263
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