František Kupka

Kupka exhibited Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1912. That work is often cited as one of the first fully abstract paintings shown publicly in Europe.

Kupka was born in Opocno, Bohemia, in 1871 and later built his career in Paris. That is why he is usually described as a Czech painter active in France.

Kupka is often grouped with Orphism because of his use of color, rhythm, and musical analogy. Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay are the other names most often mentioned in that same Parisian abstract-art context.

Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors is the obvious starting point because it shows his move from symbolic figuration into abstraction. The National Gallery Prague holds major Kupka works, making Prague an important city for seeing his art.