Representative work by František Kupka
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František Kupka

1871–1957 · Czech-born French

František Kupka moved from Symbolist and satirical illustration toward some of the earliest fully abstract paintings in Europe. Color, music, motion and scientific diagrams all informed works that developed independently but in dialogue with the Parisian avant-garde.

Painting; drawing; printmaking

Major Works

  • 1907The Yellow Scale
  • 1912Amorpha: Fugue in Two Colors
  • 1912Amorpha: Warm Chromatics
  • 1912Disks of Newton
  • 1912–13Vertical Planes I
  • 1912–13Localization of Graphic Motifs II
  • 1920–30Around a Point
  • 1912–13The Cathedral
  • 1928Mechanism
  • 1935Series C VIII

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