Bernard Buffet was a French Expressionist painter. Best known for his representational work, Buffet's paintings are often figurative, graphic, and central in their compositions. A bold rejecter of ...

T'ang Haywen was a Chinese-French painter notable for his melding of Abstract Expressionist aesthetics with the traditional techniques of Chinese ink-brush painting. Born in 1927 in Xiamen,China, the ...

almost otherworldly expressionist paintings, landscapes, floral paintings and series on Brittany—the French region where he found inspiration and solace from his experience in war. Born in Reus ...

A French counterpart to Abstract Expressionism, Tachisme (from the French tache, meaning stain or blot) emphasised spontaneous, gestural painting. Artists such as Jean Dubuffet and Pierre Soulages ...