Matterism

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

Matterism also known as Matter Painting (French: Haute Pâte, lit. 'thick paste') 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]

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  2. ^ "Les Otages" (PDF). .marquette.edu/. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Chilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John (2009). A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press. p. 449. ISBN 9780199239658.
  4. ^ "Jean Paulhan". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-03-02.