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František Kupka
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František Kupka was a Czech painter and illustrator who moved from realism to abstract art, pioneering Orphism.
Kupka in c. 1928
Kupka in c. 1928
Garden with Peacocks (Zahrada s pávy), oil on canvas, 81 × 100 cm. František Kupka (1871–1957), dating from approximately 1896–1898. The composition d
Garden with Peacocks (Zahrada s pávy), oil on canvas, 81 × 100 cm. František Kupka (1871–1957), dating from approximately 1896–1898. The composition depicts a flowering garden with white peacocks and is collection of Dr. Stefan Osuský, former Czechoslovak ambassador in Paris. The painting has been reproduced in publications by Marie Mžyková and Petr Wittlich and has been the subject of expert assessments by Czech art historians including Petr Wittlich, Marie Mžyková and Tomáš Vlček.
The Yellow Scale, 1907, oil on canvas, 78 x 74 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Yellow Scale, 1907, oil on canvas, 78 x 74 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs (Fugue in Two Colors), oil on canvas, 210 × 200 cm, 1912, National Gallery Prague
Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs (Fugue in Two Colors), oil on canvas, 210 × 200 cm, 1912, National Gallery Prague
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Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color, and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Abstract art, non-figurativ
František Kupka
…Kupka (also known as Frank Kupka or François Kupka; 23 September 1871 – 24 June 1957) was a Czech painter and illustrator who moved from realism to abstract art, pioneering Orphism. František Kupka was born in Opočno (eastern Bohemia) in Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic) on 23 September 1871. From…
Robert Delaunay, 1912–13, Le Premier Disque, 134 cm (52.7 in.), private collection
Robert Delaunay, 1912–13, Le Premier Disque, 134 cm (52.7 in.), private collection
James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874), Detroit Institute of Arts
James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874), Detroit Institute of Arts
Francis Picabia, c. 1909, Caoutchouc, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
Francis Picabia, c. 1909, Caoutchouc, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris