Art:Matter painting

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Tête d’otage No. 14 (Head of a Hostage No. 14, 1944) by Jean Fautrier

Matter painting (French: Haute Pâte, lit.'thick paste') also known as Matterism refers to a style of painting that emphasizes the material qualities of paint through heavy impasto. The style marked a return to impulses characteristic of abstract expressionism.[1][2]

Matterism first emerged in Paris in the 1940s in the work of Jean Dubuffet and Jean Fautrier. The style reached widespread popularity in the 1950s.[3][4]

See also

  • Informalism

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