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Поява и развитие на информал в европейската живопис
The Appearance and Development of Art Informel in European Painting

Author(s): Rumen Zhekov
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, History of Art
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: art informel; abstract expressionism; minimalism; Tachisme; Futurism

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to identify and analyze the prerequisites and causes of the emergence of art informel in European painting and to define its first official manifestations of the art scene and it the unusual development of the late 1940s to the 1980s. Are considerate and the socio-political situations and changes after the end of World War II and their reflections on European painting in the second half of the twentieth century. The author brings a parallel with processes running during this period of time in American painting and correspondence with the European one. The main groups and representatives of this movement, manifesto, concepts and ideologies are included. Significant forums were also mentioned, presenting their works, promoted and promoted in contemporary art.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 168-171
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Bulgarian