orphism, a short-lived movement in art founded in 1912 by Robert Delaunay Delaunay, Robert (rōbĕr` dəlōnā`), 1885–1941, French painter; husband of Sonia Delaunay-Terk.
..... Click the link for more information. , Frank Kupka Kupka, Frank or František
..... Click the link for more information. , the Duchamp Duchamp, Marcel (märsĕl` düshäN`)
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Cubist Theory

Cubism began as an intellectual revolt against the artistic expression of previous eras.
..... Click the link for more information. . Moving toward pure abstraction, the orphists saw painting as sensation. For a time their number included Léger, Picabia, Chagall, and Gliezes. The movement influenced the German Blaue Reiter Blaue Reiter, der (dĕr blou`ə rī`tər) [Ger.,=the blue rider], German expressionist art movement, lasting from 1911 to 1914.
..... Click the link for more information. group and the American synchromists Stanton Macdonald-Wright Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890–1973, American artist, b. Charlottsville, Va. Macdonald-Wright was among the first Americans to paint in a totally abstract mode. Together with Morgan Russell , he founded synchromism in 1912.
..... Click the link for more information. and Morgan Russell Russell, Morgan, 1886–1953, American painter, b. New York City. Russell, together with Stanton Macdonald-Wright , founded synchromism in Paris in 1913.
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Orphism

Trend in Cubism that gave priority to colour. Its name, bestowed in 1912 by Guillaume Apollinaire, recalls not only the legendary Orpheus but the Symbolist painters' description of Paul Gauguin's use of colour as “Orphic art.” Among the painters who worked in this style were Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp. The best-known example is Delaunay's abstract Simultaneous Composition: Sun Disks (1912–13), in which superimposed circles of colour have their own rhythm and movement.

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Cubist Theory

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