Theo van Doesburg study for Arithmetic Composition

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in 1931 to counteract the influence of the Surrealist group led by André Breton. Founders Theo van Doesburg, Auguste Herbin, Jean Hélion and

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started the group to foster abstract art after the trend turned to representation in the 1920s. A non-prescriptive group of artists were involved, whose ideals and practices varied widely: Albert Gleizes, František Kupka, Piet Mondrian, Jean Arp,

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, Naum Gabo, Alberto Magnelli,

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, Ben Nicholson,

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, Wassily Kandinsky, Wolfgang Paalen, Théo Kerg,

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, Paule Vézelay,

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, Bart van der Leck, Katarzyna Kobro, Leon Tutundjian and John Wardell Power. 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.

External links

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