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<font style=size:14pt;font-weight:900;>Tachisme</font><br>French term for the improvisatory non-geometric abstract art that developed in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s and was the European equivalent to Abstract Expressionism in America. Tachisme is virtually synonymous with Art Informel (see that for list of artists). The name derives from the French word ...</u></i><br>Found on <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=294
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<font style=size:14pt;font-weight:900;>Tachisme</font><br>French style of abstract painting current in the 1940s and 1950s, the European equivalent to abstract expressionism. Breaking free from the restraints of cubism, the Tachistes adopted a novel, spontaneous approach to brushwork, typified by all-over blotches of impastoed colour and dribbled paint, or swirling calligraphy applied straight from th...</u></i><br>Found on <a href="http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0039899.html" target=_blank>http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency</a><br><br><li><span style="float:right;background-color:#ffffff"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachisme" target=_blank><img style="border-width:1px;border-color:#666666" src=http://www.encyclo.co.uk/img/logos/100X50/21000.PNG width=100 height=50 border=0></a></span>
<font style=size:14pt;font-weight:900;>Tachisme</font><br>`Tachisme` (alternative spelling: `Tachism`, derived from the French word <i>tache</i>–stain) is a French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often considered to be the European equivalent to abstract expressionism. It was part of a larger postwar movement known a...</u></i><br>Found on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachisme" target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachisme</a><br><br></ol>
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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540.
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