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Oil on canvas. Hand-signed by the artist. // This commanding oil painting by Antoni Tàpies features his iconic Cruz Vermella — a bold red cross painted across the lower portion of a heavily textured grey canvas, punctuated by blue paint drips and white splashes that animate the sober surface. The square format of 140 by 140 centimetres intensifies the confrontational symmetry of the cross motif. The work exemplifies Tàpies’s Art Informel investigations into materiality, sign, and spiritual resonance, where rough surfaces and elementary symbols merge Catalan cultural identity with a universal language of suffering and transcendence.
Cruz Vermella, 1960s
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Oil on canvas. Hand-signed by the artist. // This commanding oil painting by Antoni Tàpies features his iconic Cruz Vermella — a bold red cross painted across the lower portion of a heavily textured grey canvas, punctuated by blue paint drips and white splashes that animate the sober surface. The square format of 140 by 140 centimetres intensifies the confrontational symmetry of the cross motif. The work exemplifies Tàpies’s Art Informel investigations into materiality, sign, and spiritual resonance, where rough surfaces and elementary symbols merge Catalan cultural identity with a universal language of suffering and transcendence.
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Antoni Tapies
Primer Congreso Nacional De Neuropedriatria, 1982
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EUR 1,875
What is Tachisme?
Tachisme is a French abstract painting style that gained popularity between 1940 and 1950, often seen as the European counterpart to Abstract Expressionism. However, there are stylistic differences between the two. Tachisme, which emerged from Art Informel, rejected geometric abstraction in favor of more intuitive and spontaneous expression. It was a reaction against the structured forms of Cubism and is closely related to Informalism. Tachisme emphasizes gestural brushwork, irregular forms, and a focus on the process of painting itself.
