1912 (ca.), František Kupka, Blue Space -- San Diego Museum of Art
From the museum label: Kupka's paintings were lauded as the first works of pure abstraction, but were so radical that even critics did not understand them. Like Robert Delaunay's paintings, with radiating circles and division of hues into a spectrum, Kupka explores rhythm and harmony in line, color, and shape. When asked what the canvases represented, Kupka responded: "Must then a work of art represent something?"
1912 (ca.), František Kupka, Blue Space -- San Diego Museum of Art
From the museum label: Kupka's paintings were lauded as the first works of pure abstraction, but were so radical that even critics did not understand them. Like Robert Delaunay's paintings, with radiating circles and division of hues into a spectrum, Kupka explores rhythm and harmony in line, color, and shape. When asked what the canvases represented, Kupka responded: "Must then a work of art represent something?"