biography of Frantisek KUPKA (1871-1957)
Personal data
Birth : 09/23/1871 - Opocno, Czech Republic
Death : 06/24/1957 - Puteaux, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Czech Republic
Education
1889 – 1892 : Akademie výtvarných umení / Academy of Fine Arts – U Akademie 4 – Prague, Czech Republic
1896 : Académie Julian – 31 rue du Dragon – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1931:Founding member of Abstraction-Création with Jean ARP, Albert GLEIZES, Jean HÉLION, Auguste HERBIN.
1906:Settles in Puteaux, a suburb of Paris.
1894:Settles in Paris, France.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Oil/canvas
Drawing-Watercolor : Gouache - Pencil/paper
Subject
abstraction/figurationArtistic periods
1910-1911 : beginning of his abstrac periodMovements and styles
AbstractionFuturism
Abstraction/Creation
School of Paris
Works
Disque de Newton: Etude pour fugue à deux couleurs | |
Date of creation : 1911 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 50 x 65 cm | |
Le rouge à lèvre | |
Date of creation : 1908 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 64 x 64 cm | |
La gamme jaune | |
Date of creation : 1907 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 79 x 79 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
03/01/2004 – 05/30/2004
2003
Eine Retrospektive
Kunstmuseum – Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2003 – 06/08/2003
MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
11/07/2003 – 02/08/2004
Fondation de l’Hermitage – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
06/27/2003 – 10/12/2003
2002
Vers des temps nouveaux : Kupka, oeuvres graphiques, 1894-1912
Musée d’Orsay – Paris, France
06/25/2002 – 09/29/2002
1975
Retrospective
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1975
1958
Retrospective
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1958
1946
Retrospective
Galerie S.V.U. Manes – Prague, Czech Republic
1946
1921
Galerie Povolovsky – Paris, France
1921
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Jiri Svestka Gallery – Jungmannova 30 – Prague, Czech Republic
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Guillermo de Osma Galeria – Calle Claudio Coello, 4 – Madrid, Spain
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Jiri Svestka Gallery – Jungmannova 30 – Prague, Czech Republic
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Leonard Hutton Galleries – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Gmurzynska – Goethestrasse 65a – Cologne, Germany
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
1912
Salon des Artistes Indépendants
Paris, France
1912
1906
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1906
Group exhibitions
2004
Le Groupe Vouloir, Lille, 1925
Musée Matisse – Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
2004 – 06/06/2004
2003
Aux origines de l’abstraction
Musée d’Orsay – Paris, France
11/07/2003 – 02/22/2004
1936
Cubism and Abstract Art
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
03/02/1936 – 04/19/1936