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At the end of the Second World War, Paris was the scene of lively artistic
artistic emulation, and a large number of painters set off to discover
the discovery of abstraction. This renewal was fueled by the diversity
origins of the artists, some of whom came from Eastern Europe
Europe (Lanskoy, Jan, Istrati, Kijno), or from more distant horizons, such as
the great figure of lyrical abstraction in France, naturalized French
artist Zao Wou Ki.
Abstraction presented these artists with new ways of exploring
explore the possibilities of expression through painting. Some, like
like Olivier Debré for his canvases (lots 1 and 9),
but also black, especially on paper, the color to which
Pierre Soulages devoted most of his work to black. A great painter
of lyrical abstraction, Georges Mathieu chooses to lay bare the artist's
the artist's gesture, which shines through in his rich, lively compositions.
compositions. Jean Miotte's gouaches (lots 15 to 17) reveal this creative process
this creative process, an expression of intense, rapid inspiration
translated onto paper. In this respect, ink is a particularly well-suited medium
particularly well-suited, thanks to the ease and flexibility it allows
in the gesture, as in Christian Dotremont's work (lot 14).
Others, like Tal Coat (lot
7), sometimes intensified by material effects, and enhanced by bright
of vivid colors, as in the case of Olivier Debré's canvas
Debré (lot 1) or André Lanskoy's large composition (lot 4).
All mediums lend themselves to this abstract expression. While oil
on canvas remains the standard, artists are not afraid to employ
watercolor and ink on paper, and great artists like Pierre Soulages
Soulages (lot 5) and Zao Wou Ki (lot 8) have widely explored the
the possibilities of lithography, with original compositions designed
conceived for this medium, which was not then considered a
as a simple reproduction process.
The viewer's own sensibility is summoned to the works of these
the works of these Masters of Abstraction, so vast is the diversity of the artists
origins, practices and media.
