Glossary of Art Terms. 2014.
Abstraction-Création — ▪ art group association of international painters and sculptors that from 1931 to 1936 promoted the principles of pure abstraction (abstract art) in art. The immediate predecessor of the Abstraction Création group was the Cercle et… … Universalium
Abstraction-Création — was a loose association of artists formed in Paris in 1931 to counteract the influence of the powerful Surrealist group led by André Breton.Founders Auguste Herbin, Jean Hélion and Georges Vantongerloo started the group to foster abstract art… … Wikipedia
Abstraction — This article is about the concept of abstraction in general. For other uses, see abstraction (disambiguation). Abstraction is a process by which higher concepts are derived from the usage and classification of literal ( real or concrete )… … Wikipedia
Khronos Group — The Khronos Group is a member funded industry consortium focused on the creation of open standard, royalty free APIs to enable the authoring and accelerated playback of dynamic media on a wide variety of platforms and devices. All Khronos members … Wikipedia
FREUNDLICH, OTTO — (1878–1943), German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and teacher. Born into a Jewish family in Pomerania. Freundlich was educated by a foster mother in the Protestant tradition after the death of his mother. He studied history of art, then art; … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Araceli Gilbert — (b. Guayaquil, Ecuador 1913 d. Quito, 1993) was an Ecuadorian artist.Gilbert enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile in 1936, studying under Jorge Caballero and Hernán Gazmurri, well known encouragers of the Chilean plastic… … Wikipedia
Gabo, Naum — orig. Naum Pevsner born Aug. 5, 1890, Bryansk, Russia died Aug. 23, 1977, Waterbury, Conn., U.S. Russian born U.S. sculptor. He studied at the University of Munich, and in 1913 he was introduced to avant garde art in Paris by his brother, Antoine … Universalium
Nicholson, Ben — ▪ British artist born April 10, 1894, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England died February 6, 1982, London English artist whose austere geometric paintings and reliefs were among the most influential abstract works in British art. The son… … Universalium
Naum Gabo — Kinetic sculpture/fountain by Naum Gabo at Guy s and St Thomas s Hospital, London, U.K. Birth name Naum Neemia Pevsner Born … Wikipedia
Otto Freundlich — Cover of the exhibition program: Degenerate Art 1937 Born July 10, 1878 Stolp, Germany Died March 9, 1943 … Wikipedia
