Kapist movement

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The Kapist movement was a Polish avant-garde art group of the early 20th century that emphasized pure color and form, strongly influenced by French post-impressionism.

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instanceOf Polish art group
art movement
avant-garde movement
activeInDecade 1920s
1930s
activeInPeriod early 20th century
artisticGoal to develop a modern Polish painting based on color
to separate painting from literary and patriotic themes
artStyle colorism
post-impressionism
coreActivity art education
painting
countryOfOrigin Poland
focusesOn autonomy of painting
formal values of color and composition
formedBy Polish art students in Paris
formedInCity Paris
formedInCountry France
genrePreferred figure painting
landscape painting
still life painting
hasAlternativeName Kapists
Komitet Paryski
Paris Committee
linked to: Komitet Paryski
influenced 20th-century Polish painting
Polish colorist school
influencedBy French post-impressionism
Henri Matisse
Pierre Bonnard
languageOfName Polish
movementCharacteristic decorative approach to composition
emphasis on form
emphasis on pure color
focus on color harmony
interest in light effects
plein-air painting practice
rejection of literary and narrative content in painting
opposedTo academic art
symbolism in painting
regionOfActivity Paris art scene
Poland
usesTechnique flattened pictorial space
simplified forms
strong, clear color patches

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Józef Czapski movement Kapist movement