Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957)

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I thought that it would be interesting to look at the artists who "discovered" an abstract painting, especially those who are not well known, at least in Russia - Kupka, Delaunay, Picabia (although the latter, I do not like ). Today our program Frantisek Kupka. Investment must be nebezinteresen - not so long ago he "discovered", there were several big events, in general, the gun should shoot (Picabia had begun to lift, it is noticeable at auction)

Kupka was born in in 1971 in the Bohemian Oprochno the village, in the modest family of artisans. In the 13 years he has worked as an apprentice at a tanner. From childhood he loved to draw, and when he was 17 years old, he went to study with artist Alois Strudnitska Swedish origin, and then, in 1889 - at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, which he graduated in 1892
After graduating from the Academy Kupka went to Vienna, where the cultural life in full swing. There he enrolled in painting. Simultaneously, he read a lot, interested in philosophy and occultism, theosophy and spiritualism), he was even a medium!). At this time he performed a lot of portraits and paintings of allegorical content. Gradually, he was visited by a relative success, he even received a few orders.