FRANTISEK KUPKA

FRANTISEK KUPKA

1871 / Born in Opocno, Bohemia.

1889 - 1892 / Studied historical and religious painting, Prague Art Academy, Prague, Czech Republic.

1892 / Studied at the The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

1900 / Awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, France.

1903 / Awarded a gold medal at the International Exhibition, St. Louis, MO.

1906 / Became a member of the Salon d'Automne, Paris, France.

1908 / Recipient, Légion d'Honneur, France.

1931 / Co-founded the group Abstraction-Création with Hans Arp, Jean Hélion, Auguste Herbin, Georges Valmier and Georges Vantongerloo.

1957 / Died in Puteaux, France.

EXPOSITIONS

2003 / Venus and Cain: Prehistoric Figures 1830 - 1930, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France.

The Origins of Abstraction 1800 - 1914, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

2002 / Towards New Times: Kupka's Graphic Works 1892 - 1912, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, France.

1999 / Fauvism or 'Trial by Fire': The Eruption of Modernity in Europe, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.

1989 / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.

National Gallery in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

1981 / Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

1977 / Historical Aspects of Constructivism and Concrete Art, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.

1976 / Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.

1975 / Frantisek Kupka, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (retrospective).

1967 / Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany.

1958 / Frantisek Kupka, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France (retrospective).

1955 / Documenta I, Kassel, Germany.

1936 / Cubism & Abstract Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

1913 / Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France.

1910-1913 / Salon d'Automne, Paris, France.

1899 / Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.