French Lyrical Abstraction Artist Georges Mathieu Dies

The French artist Georges Mathieu, who from the 1940s pioneered the movement known as Lyrical Abstraction, has died aged 91, his family said Tuesday.

Georges Victor Mathieu d'Escaudoeuvres, who in the 1950s and 1960s was one of France's best known artists on the international scene, died Sunday in a hospital in the Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt.

During his lengthy career he also turned his hand to graphic design and architecture, designing a 10-franc coin, postage stamps, Air France posters and jewelry.