Frantisek Kupka

[Czech Abstract Painter, 1871-1957]

• Also known as:	Frank Kupka François Kupka
• Relationships:	Founding member of the Abstraction-Creation Group in Paris, 1930s.
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2 works by Frantisek Kupka online

Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City

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Les cheminées, 1906

Museum of Modern Art, New York City
19 works by Frantisek Kupka online

New York Public Library Digital Gallery
The Beginnings of Life, color aquatint, 1900-03

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Study for Amorpha, Warm Chromatism and for Fugue in Two Colors, ca.1910-11
Around a Point, ca.1920-25

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Study for Amorpha, Warm Chromatism and for Fugue in Two Colors, ca.1910-11

Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland
Several images from a 2003 exhibition

Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
Information and images from a 1999-2000 exhibition

Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France (in French)
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Museum of Modern Art, New York City - Provenance Research Project
7 works by Kupka

Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Disks of Newton (Study for "Fugue in Two Colors")

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

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Frantisek Kupka in the Art Renewal Center

Frantisek Kupka at CGFA

Frantisek Kupka at Insecula

Frantisek Kupka at The Athenaeum
5 works online by Kupka

Wikimedia Commons Image Database

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)

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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
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Biographical info

Tate Gallery, London, UK
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