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Also Known As François Kupka • Frank Kupka
Born September 23, 1871 • Czech Republic
Died June 24, 1957 (aged 85) • Puteaux • France
Notable Works “Disks of Newton (Study for Fugue in Two Colors)”
Movement / Style Fauvism • Orphism • abstract art • pointillism

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Portrait of the Artist with His Wife, oil on canvas by František Kupka, 1908; in the Národní Galerie, Prague.
Disks of Newton (Study for Fugue in Two Colours)
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