<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Art Informel</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Tachiste</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>post-1945 fine arts styles and movements</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Art Autre</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Art Without Form</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Art, Informal</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>L&apos;Art informel</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the European movement in painting, which, begining around 1945, ran parallel with Abstract Expressionism in North America. The style is characterized by a more lyrical, improvised approach to abstraction based on subconscious fantasy, in contrast to the more structured tendencies in Abstract Expressionism. ]]></note></mads>