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262: 334: 253:. Cendrars describes him as a "proud soldier, calm, placid, strong", but really too old to be a soldier, being at least 25 years older than the rest. When the regiment set out from Paris for the front in Picardy (they marched all the way on foot) Mme Kupka met the column as they arrived at the La Défense roundabout, near where they lived. She marched with them, carrying her husband's bag and his rifle. She would have marched all the way to the front, but at the end of the first day the colonel had her arrested and sent back to Paris. She later made her way to the front lines to spend time with her husband. Kupka himself left the front due to frostbite in the foot, caused by nights in the trenches waist-deep in freezing water. 987: 31: 440:(c. 1907) as "Kupka's first attempt to come to terms with color theory in which the result is both personal and successful". Although a self-portrait, the subject of the painting was the color yellow. Around 1910 he began developing his own color wheels, adapting a format previously explored by Sir 1005: 683: 302:
marked a break in his representational style. His work became increasingly abstract around 1910–11, reflecting his theories of motion, color, and the relationship between music and painting (
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Kupka had a strong interest in color theory and freeing colors from descriptive associations (which is thought to have possibly influenced other artists like
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of books and posters and, during his early years in Paris, became known for his satirical drawings for newspapers and magazines. In 1906, he settled in
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which influenced his artwork. His theosophic visions inspired his painting Disks of Newton (Study for "Fugue in Two Colors"). He also practiced
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in Paris. A retrospective of his work took place at the Galerie Mánes in Prague in 1946. The same year, Kupka participated in the
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Between 1919 and 1938 Kupka was financially supported by his good friend, art collector and industrialist
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The Salon d'Automne of 1912, held in Paris at the Grand Palais from 1 October to 8 November. Kupka's
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dates from this period. By spring 1894, Kupka had settled in Paris; there he attended the
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Study for Organization of Graphic Motifs I (Localisations de mobiles graphiques I)
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in the Cubist room, although he did not wish to be identified with any movement.
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who accumulated a substantial collection of his art. Kupka died in 1957 in
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Kupka served as a volunteer in the First World War, and is mentioned in
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Margit Rowell (1975). "František Kupka: A Metaphysics of Abstraction".
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Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction
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subjects. He was influenced by the painter and social reformer
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Permanent exhibition of Waldes collection of František Kupka
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Study for Woman Picking Flowers (Femme cueillant des fleurs)
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On Art and Science: Tango of an Eternally Inseparable Duo
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Alchemist of the Avant-Garde: The Case of Marcel Duchamp
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in New York City, and in an important show with another
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Paris, 1923; edited and translated E. Abrams, 1989.
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Paris, 1923; edited and translated E. Abrams, 1989.
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The Museum of Modern Art. p. 73. 588: 1084: 889:Meecham, Pam; Sheldon, Julie. (2000). 719: 717: 715: 975:La Création dans Les Arts Plastiques. 949:La Création dans Les Arts Plastiques. 745: 663:1 artwork by or after František Kupka 545:7,551,600 in an auction organized by 506:(Fugue a deux couleurs), ca 1911-1912 385:In 1931, he was a founding member of 911:Handbook of the Theosophical Current 866:Wuppuluri, Shyam; Wu, Dali. (2019). 671:Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists 1122:Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni 891:Modern Art: A Critical Introduction 712: 13: 1127:Recipients of the Legion of Honour 522:Around a point (Autour d'un point) 14: 1168: 988:Works by or about František Kupka 981: 673:biography, under "artist profile" 623:The Museum of Modern Art (1936). 510:Vertical Planes (Plans verticaux) 1040:List and images of Kupka's works 774:The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 552: 16:Czech painter and graphic artist 903: 860: 840: 828: 809: 784: 266:Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs 701: 684:"collection.britishmuseum.org" 676: 656: 631: 616: 595: 379:Mountaineers Attacked by Bears 316:Amorpha. Fugue à deux couleurs 240: 229:briefly and then studied with 203:Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna 199:Academy of Fine Arts in Prague 105:Academy of Fine Arts in Prague 1: 1157:Painters from Austria-Hungary 1069:Art - Nouveau, The Athenaeum 638:Benezit Dictionary of Artists 314:). In 1912, he exhibited his 1052:Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 411:Salon des Réalités Nouvelles 324:Creation in the Plastic Arts 185:František Kupka was born in 180: 175: 7: 1132:20th-century Czech painters 576: 475:Peggy Guggenheim Collection 463:Reminiscence of a Cathedral 205:, where he concentrated on 109:Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 35:František Kupka, circa 1928 10: 1173: 955:Fauchereau, Serge (1989). 1137:20th-century male artists 929:Cendrars, Blaise (1989). 846:Moffitt, John F. (2012). 531:The Cathedral (Katedrála) 256: 122: 100: 92: 70: 40: 28: 21: 298:. Kupka's 1909 painting 1097:Czech graphic designers 625:Cubism and Abstract Art 537:In March 2021, Kupka's 427: 391:Cubism and Abstract Art 292:, published in 1909 in 215:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach 1025:Links to Kupka's works 913:. 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František Kupka, circa 1928
Opočno
Austria-Hungary
Czech Republic
Puteaux
France
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Académie Julian
École des Beaux-Arts
Painting
Czech
painter
graphic artist
abstract art movement
Cubism
Orphism
realism
Opočno
Bohemia
Austria-Hungary
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna
symbolic
allegorical
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach
theosophy
Eastern philosophy
Académie Julian
Jean-Pierre Laurens

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