Abstraction-Création

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::summary Association of artists (Paris, 1931) ::

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Field	Value
name	Abstraction-Création
image	Theo van Doesburg study for Arithmetic Composition.jpg
caption	Theo van Doesburg, c. 1929–30, Study for Arithmetic Composition, pencil, Indian ink and gouache on graph paper, 12 × 12 cm, Kröller-Müller Museum
yearsactive	1932-1936
location	Paris, French Third Republic
majorfigures	{{plainlist
influences	a.r. group
influenced	Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
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| name = Abstraction-Création | image = Theo van Doesburg study for Arithmetic Composition.jpg | alt = | caption = Theo van Doesburg, c. 1929–30, Study for Arithmetic Composition, pencil, Indian ink and gouache on graph paper, 12 × 12 cm, Kröller-Müller Museum | yearsactive = 1932-1936 | location = Paris, French Third Republic | majorfigures = {{plainlist|

• Theo van Doesburg
• Auguste Herbin
• Jean Hélion
• Georges Vantongerloo | influences = a.r. group | influenced = Salon des Réalités Nouvelles

Abstraction-Création was a loose association of artists formed in Paris in 1931 to counteract the influence of the Surrealist group led by André Breton.

Founders Theo van Doesburg, Auguste Herbin, Jean Hélion and Georges Vantongerloo started the group to foster abstract art after the trend turned to representation in the 1920s.

A non-prescriptive group of artists were involved in Abstraction-Création, whose ideals and practices varied widely: Albert Gleizes, František Kupka, Piet Mondrian, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Marlow Moss, Naum Gabo, Alberto Magnelli, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Kurt Schwitters, Wassily Kandinsky, Wolfgang Paalen, Théo Kerg, Taro Okamoto, Paule Vézelay, Hans Erni, Bart van der Leck, Katarzyna Kobro, Henryk Stażewski, Leon Tutundjian and John Wardell Power.{{Cite thesis | last = Fowler | first = Alan | publisher = Winchester School of Art | title = Constructivist Art in Britain 1913-2005 | year = 2006 | pages = 35,36,37}}

Five Cahiers (yearbooks) were published between 1932 and 1936 entitled Abstraction-création: Art non-figuratif; a reprint edition of the Cahiers was published by the Arno Press, New York in 1968. Art exhibitions were also held throughout Europe.

References

Reading

• Alan Fowler. Constructivist Art in Britain 1913 - 2005. University of Southampton. 2006. PhD Thesis.

References

1. (1931-02-15). "Gruppe Abstraction-Création". Kettererkunst.com.
2. "Glossary | Abstraction-Création". Tate.
3. (2003). "Art in theory, 1900–2000: an anthology of changing ideas – Charles Harrison – Google Books".

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