Lyrical Abstraction

Gestural and instinctive, they had a practice of abstraction that was defined from the 1950s as lyrical or even calligraphic. Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, Bram Van Velde, and Olivier Debré are the leaders of this movement. The first two mentioned will push the reflection even further by working on immense formats that demand significant physical engagement from the artist and thus place the painter "within his canvas."
The term "lyrical," used to describe this abstraction trend, refers to the painter's inner impulse capable of eliciting emotion in the viewer through "forms" that nevertheless "represent" nothing.