František Kupka

František Kupka (Known as "Kupka")

Pioneering Abstract Painter, Graphic Artist, Orphist Theorist

Born 1871-09-23

Opočno, Bohemia, Austrian Empire

Passed Away 1957-06-24 Puteaux, France, France

Lifespan 85 years old

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"Painting must abandon literal narrative; color and line must vibrate like pure musical tones across space."

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Visionary painter who alongside Kandinsky and Mondrian created modern abstract art, exhibiting the revolutionary non-representational canvas 'Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors' at the 1912 Salon d'Automne.

Biographical Record

František Kupka was born in Opočno on September 23, 1871. After academic art training in Prague and Vienna, Kupka moved to Paris in 1896, working as an anarchist illustrator and studying occult philosophies, physiology, and optics.

In 1912, Kupka stunned the Paris Salon d'Automne with Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors, one of the very first fully abstract paintings in art history, translating musical counterpoint into interlocking circular color rhythms. His pioneering exploration of pure chromatic energy laid the foundations for Orphism and geometric abstraction.

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Père Lachaise Cemetery (Columbarium)
Paris, France

                         GPS: 48.8610, 2.3950                    

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