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Abstract Art Wt For Colin Aa gas Rew Nop Contents Preface 7 Observing the World: Paths to Abstraction 1910-14 1 Looking inwards: Investigations 1912-20, ss Social Ideals: Constructing the Future 1920-39, n Abstractions in Europe: 1939-56 119, Focus on Expression: USA 1938-56 ue Objective Approaches: ‘Abstract art since 1956 a Afterword 29 Abstractions in Europe: 1939-56 im psn and sculpare bu ad not suecceded sy enching wide Eerged) Aktough the, tadion af reprecntatian continoed totaly inthe individual carers of Phas, Mate and Dalthus came kei, ie ako agente to sks ly sith the emerge the Allntic that 2 acw inity of ihe uphevale of che Second World War and che Paris continuo major centre for European at afer the eof oil disregard and the work of P Eshibiews by Klee and Mondetan were actully dosed by the hort yen apd at sti indo files pion ete reach Government aking for he igh such difficulties wile vary of sbtachons uri ia Bar Sppored now by 3 sll gro of ers an gallery-owner whe Furtclar endcocs hey favoured. Tk ined from ee pre-War Srunton, where the inpule hed come from the arts themes a ed tnevably tothe Brackeing of diferent ae, ‘One af thesienges branch of abract att hol sway in Pais fkerthe War ws geometric at ln 3 Ney van Doesburg (Theos iow) helped organi he historic exhibition “Art Conee athe Galen Denise Ren: This browhe roger geomet atts such Domes, Heri, Mondrian. Kanda, Taber, Arp and Peviner, and showed that by tht me, Concrete Art had Become weal ‘Synonymous with geometries. The felowing yes an nganetion Cle the San des Rebts Nouvelles was innate by the ser Fredo Sis with apo fest sbrac concrete costar ‘i, nonsfigrative at The fist exibitonslnefncided nearly {oo prnings snd separ dating fromm 1pto to 1946 by 89 arin and by the thied Slo, work was cheb stu om 1 Geren, Countries y 196 intemal dinesion and exter cng had ced complete reorganisation of the Salon tw poly became es Testricvespalting only that the work shown should be asset fd i tok anew name: ‘Rates Nowvellex~ Nowveles Reais Nevercheles hese of attic esponse co the Salam daring ty ams showed that geometric at waa formidable cen ox Wat France eventhough sich work had an encntalynosalge favour Iarking back to te developments ofthe inter-war yeas Wath pening in 1930 of an abstract studio in he rue Se la Grade: Ghoumre (tome of addons, seademic ai KeMethat abractrt mighteven bem dange of becoming eqaly ganda the sme year the erie Charen Essen wrote 3 Doo sipnifianty ted Ln sat tun aan? However in pale wih the dominating imple of geometric another abst tives ad sed begun fo develop, and ‘parton came wo be made between cold (geomet) and warn "Baton. "Warm sbsacon, art developed in Pat beyond ‘vas given confiing petra of sams by enti ng to deny ‘nd abel de new eneny in vatous anes: Naresh 28 Faanaion Irie, tame, Part informe, mation a re prolfracd st difeen atte were ncorponted int one more of the extepories tn contrat to the geometric ats the Bene tendency they sited wastowardsan expesiveabtacton, nd this style gained incemtional crtency during the second al of the la Pars the more expresive tendencies were in part inypited by Roget Bisive's (488-1962) teachings athe Academic Ransom

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