Orphism (art)
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Orphism or Orphic Cubism is a school of visual art which was an offshoot of Cubism and focused on pure abstraction and bright colors. The term was coined by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 19
Robert Delaunay (1912) Simultaneous Windows on the City Kunsthalle Hamburg
František Kupka (1912-1913) Katedrála (The Cathedral) oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, Museum Kampa, Prague, Czech Republic
Sonia Delaunay (1914) Prismes électriques, oil on canvas, 250 x 250 cm, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou Paris
Robert Delaunay (1911) Champs de Mars: The Red Tower Art Institute of Chicago
František Kupka
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František Kupka was a Czech painter and illustrator who moved from realism to abstract art, pioneering Orphism.
Orphism (art)
…Charles Henry and the dye chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul. This movement, perceived as key in the transition from Cubism to Abstract art, was pioneered by František Kupka, Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay, who relaunched the use of color during the monochromatic phase of Cubism. Orphism art scrutinizes color and the…
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 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
Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs (Fugue in Two Colors), oil on canvas, 210 × 200 cm, 1912, National Gallery Prague