Abstraction-Création

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Abstraction-Création was an influential international artists’ association founded in Paris in 1931 to promote and defend non-figurative abstract art against the dominance of Surrealism and other figurative movements.

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Abstraction-Création canonical 4
Abstraction-Création cahiers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement group
artists’ association
non-profit cultural organization
activeIn 1930s
countryOfOrigin France
dissolved 1936
foundedBy Auguste Herbin
Georges Vantongerloo
Hans Arp
Jean Hélion
Theo van Doesburg
hasActivity international networking of abstract artists
organizing exhibitions
publishing annual cahiers
hasApproximateNumberOfMembers over 400
hasLanguage English
French
German
other European languages
hasMember Alexander Calder
Antoine Pevsner
Auguste Herbin
Barbara Hepworth
Ben Nicholson
František Kupka
Georges Vantongerloo
Jean Arp
linked to: Hans Arp

Jean Hélion
Kurt Schwitters
László Moholy-Nagy
Naum Gabo
Piet Mondrian
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Theo van Doesburg
Wassily Kandinsky
hasMembersFrom Europe
United States
other countries
headquartersLocation Paris
inception 1931
influenced development of geometric abstraction
postwar abstract art
locationFounded Paris
movement abstract art
non-figurative art
numberOfIssuesPublished 5
opposedTo Surrealism
figurative art movements
publication Abstraction-Création cahiers
purpose defense of abstract art against Surrealism
international collaboration among abstract artists
promotion of non-figurative abstract art

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Albert Gleizes movement Abstraction-Création
Georges Vantongerloo associatedWith Abstraction-Création
Georges Vantongerloo memberOf Abstraction-Création
Abstraction-Création publication Abstraction-Création cahiers
linked to: Abstraction-Création