ARTIST SHOWCASE: FRANTISEK KUPKA!

Hopefully overtime as I do more research and aquire more favorites, I will have more artists showcases posted here. For now, I'll just start with a few of my all time favorites and works of theirs which I adore.

There isn't much info on Frantisek offered on the web. There was an anthology of his work published not long ago, but its rather pricey. Last semester I was actually able to view a copy of it through the HMFA library. I am flabbergasted with his talent. If I ever become wealthy enough to collect art, one of his pieces would be first on my list. I wouldn't say that he is super well know, but the art community definitly recognizes and respects his achievemnts. A piece of his, that is one of my favorites, hangs in the HMFA in the company of giants. Renoir's and Van Gogh's call Mr. Kupka neighbor.

The Yellow Scale 1907
Oil on Canvas
Art Institute of Chicago

Part of the Orphist Composition
1871-1957

Planes by Colors 1909-10

Oil on canvas
Guggenheim

Mme Kupka Among Verticles 1910-11
Oil on canvas
MOMA

(By far one of my most favorites)

Study for the Language of Verticals

1911
Museo Thyssen