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

Founders Theo van Doesburg , Auguste Herbin , Jean Helion and Georges 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, whose ideals and practices varied widely: Albert Gleizes , Franti?ek Kupka , Piet Mondrian , Jean Arp , Marlow Moss , Naum Gabo , Alberto Magnelli , Barbara Hepworth , Ben Nicholson , Kurt Schwitters , Wassily Kandinsky , Wolfgang Paalen , Theo Kerg , Taro Okamoto , Paule Vezelay , Hans Erni , Bart van der Leck , Katarzyna Kobro , Leon Tutundjian and John Wardell Power. ^{[2] [3]}

Five Cahiers (yearbooks) were published between 1932 and 1936 entitled Abstraction-creation: 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. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

Reading [ edit ]

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

External links [ edit ]

• Abstraction-Creation, Agence photographique de la reunion des Musees nationaux