| Kapists | |
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.jpg) A group photo of the Kapists includingHanna Rudzka-Cybisowa,Jan Cybis,Józef Czapski,Tytus Czyżewski,Zygmunt Waliszewski, andPiotr Potworowski, 1925 | |
| Years active | 1920s-1930s |
| Location | Paris,French Third Republic |
| Major figures | Józef Pankiewicz |
| Influences | Post-Impressionism |
| Influenced | |
Kapists orKPists (Polish:Kapiści, fromKP, the Polish acronym for the Paris Committee), also known as theColourists, were a group ofPolish painters of the 1930s who dominated the Polish artistic landscape of the epoch.[1] Contrary toPolish romanticist traditions, the Kapists underlined the independence of art from any historical tradition, symbolism or influences of literature and history. They were formed aroundJózef Pankiewicz and were under the strong influence of the FrenchPost-Impressionists.
The name of the movement was derived from the full name of the so-calledParis Committee, orParis Committee of Relief for Students Leaving for Artistic Studies in France (Polish:Komitet Paryskiej Pomocy dla Wyjeżdżających Studentów na Studia Malarskie do Francji). Apart from Pankiewicz, among the best-known Kapists wereJan Cybis,Józef Czapski, Józef Jarema, Artur Nacht-Samborski,Eugeniusz Geppert, Piotr Potworowski,Hanna Rudzka andZygmunt Waliszewski.[2]
In 1930, the Kapists held an exhibition at theGalerie Zak in Paris and in 1931 another exhibit at theGalerie Moos in Geneva.[1]
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