| Abstraction-Création | |
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 Theo van Doesburg, c. 1929–30,Study for Arithmetic Composition, pencil, Indian ink and gouache on graph paper, 12 × 12 cm,Kröller-Müller Museum | |
| Years active | 1932-1936 |
| Location | Paris,French Third Republic |
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| Influences | a.r. group |
| Influenced | Salon des Réalités Nouvelles |
Abstraction-Création was a loose association of artists formed inParis in 1931 to counteract the influence of theSurrealist group led byAndré Breton.
FoundersTheo van Doesburg,Auguste Herbin,Jean Hélion andGeorges Vantongerloo started the group to foster abstract art after the trend turned to representation in the 1920s.[1]
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,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.[2][3]
FiveCahiers (yearbooks) were published between 1932 and 1936 entitledAbstraction-création: Art non-figuratif; a reprint edition of theCahiers was published by the Arno Press, New York in 1968. Art exhibitions were also held throughout Europe.[4]
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