Orphism

Orphism or Orphic Cubism is a school of visual art which was an offshoot of Cubism and focused on pure abstraction and bright colors. The term was coined by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912. Orphism was influenced by Fauvism, the theoretical writings of Paul Signac, Charles Henry and the dye chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul. This movement, perceived as key in the transition from Cubism to Abstract art, was pioneered by František Kupka, Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay, who relaunched the use of color during the monochromatic phase of Cubism. Orphism art scrutinizes color and the effects of light. Orphism art was painted in the early 1910s, when modern technology innovations altered the perceived time and space. Artists who engaged with Orphism explored the transformative possibilities of color, form, and motion. Artists whose work have been classified in, or influenced by, this style include Marcel Duchamp, Mainie Jellett, Francis Picabia, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, and Morgan Russell.¶

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Orphism is art movement, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.¹¶

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