Abstraction-Création
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Abstraction-Création was an influential international artists’ association founded in Paris in 1931 to promote and defend non-figurative abstract art against the dominance of Surrealism and other figurative movements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abstraction-Création canonical | 4 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement group
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artists’ association ⓘ non-profit cultural organization ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1930s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1936 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Auguste Herbin
NERFINISHED
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Georges Vantongerloo NERFINISHED ⓘ Hans Arp NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Hélion NERFINISHED ⓘ Theo van Doesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
international networking of abstract artists
ⓘ
organizing exhibitions ⓘ publishing annual cahiers ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfMembers | over 400 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ other European languages ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alexander Calder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Antoine Pevsner NERFINISHED ⓘ Auguste Herbin NERFINISHED ⓘ Barbara Hepworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Ben Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ František Kupka NERFINISHED ⓘ Georges Vantongerloo NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Arp NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Hélion NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Schwitters NERFINISHED ⓘ László Moholy-Nagy NERFINISHED ⓘ Naum Gabo NERFINISHED ⓘ Piet Mondrian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophie Taeuber-Arp NERFINISHED ⓘ Theo van Doesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Wassily Kandinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMembersFrom |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ other countries ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| inception | 1931 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of geometric abstraction
ⓘ
postwar abstract art ⓘ |
| locationFounded | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
abstract art
ⓘ
non-figurative art ⓘ |
| numberOfIssuesPublished | 5 ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Surrealism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
figurative art movements ⓘ |
| publication | Abstraction-Création cahiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
defense of abstract art against Surrealism
ⓘ
international collaboration among abstract artists ⓘ promotion of non-figurative abstract art ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.