Died 1957-06-24.
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František Kupka was a Czech painter and illustrator who moved from realism to abstract art, pioneering Orphism.
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culture · Czech painter and graphic artist · painter · graphic designer · university teacher · draftsperson · illustrator · graphic artist · teacher · Czechoslovak legionary · writer · artist · also František Kupka, F. Ḳupḳah, פ. קופקה, Frantisek Kupka, Franz Kupka, Frantz Kupka
Born 23 September 1871 · Died 24 June 1957 · Q167414
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Died 1957-06-24.
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His work was included in the exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and in an important show with another Czech painter, Alphonse Mucha, at the Jeu de Paume in Paris
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Was a founding member of Abstraction-Création
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Exhibited his Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs, at the Salon des Indépendants in the Cubist room, although he did not wish to be identified with any movement
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Attended meetings of the Puteaux Group (Section d'Or)
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Published his self-portrait The Yellow Scale, believed to be his masterpiece
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Settled in Puteaux, a suburb of Paris, and the same year exhibited for the first time at the Salon d'Automne
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Studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (1891).
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Born 1871-09-23.
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