In the 1940s and 1950s he is associated with Tachisme, though that describes only a small part of his artistic achievement, such as his hallucinatory representations of faces and heads; his work often uses dense, suggestively gestural strokes that incorporate calligraphy, asemic writing and abstract expressionism.
11 juillet 1959 – 11 octobre 1959
Exhibition: Documenta II
1960
Prize at the Venice Biennale
He wins a prize at the 1960 Venice Biennale, after which, in 1964, the first worldwide retrospective of his paintings and graphic work opens.
1963
Lutosławski sets his poems to music
Witold Lutosławski composes “Three Poems of Henri Michaux” for mixed choir and orchestra; in 1965 the French composer Henri Sauguet writes three pieces for voice.
