Auguste herbin alphabet plastique
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Biography
Auguste Herbin, the son of a workman, was born in a small village near the Belgian border on 29 April 1882. This background is reflected in the northern French artist's painting with its rational approach and explicit working class character. Before settling in Paris, where he first joined the Impressionists and later the Fauves, Herbin attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lille from 1900 onwards. His studio was situated directly next to Braque's and Picasso's, allowing a close study of Cubism, which resulted in first Cubist paintings in 1913. In 1917 he moved on to an abstract, geometric phase before gradually discovering Constructivism. There was a short interruption in this development in 1922 when the painter briefly returned to figurative painting. In 1929 Herbin was a co-founder of the 'Salon des Surindépendants'. Two years later he founded the artist association 'Abstraction-Création' together with Vantongerloo with whom he published the group's Almanach until 1937. After the war the artist was the co-founder and vice president - from 1955
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Auguste Herbin
French painter (1882–1960)
Auguste Herbin | |
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Auguste Herbin in Pablo Picasso's studio, Boulevard de Clichy, early 1911 | |
| Born | (1882-04-29)29 April 1882 Quiévy, Nord |
| Died | 31 January 1960(1960-01-31) (aged 77) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
| Known for | Painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, collage |
| Movement | Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Abstract art |
Auguste Herbin (29 April 1882 – 31 January 1960) was a French painter of modern art. He is best known for his Cubist and abstract paintings consisting of colorful geometric figures. He co-founded the groups Abstraction-Création and Salon des Réalités Nouvelles which promoted non-figurative abstract art.
Early life
Herbin was born in Quiévy, Nord. His father was a craftsman. Herbin studied drawing at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lille, from 1899 to 1901, when he settled in Paris.
Career
The initial influence of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism visible in paintings that he sent to the Salon des Indépendants in 1906
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Auguste Herbin
Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) was a leading figure in the development of geometric abstraction in Europe. He began as a Fauve, showing with Matisse and Derain at the Salon des Indépendants in 1906. In 1909 he moved to the Bateau Lavoir, where he met Picasso, Braque and Gris. By 1910, Herbin’s colorful geometric cubist works were shown beside paintings by Leger, Gleizes, and Metzinger. In 1918, the renowned dealer Léonce Rosenberg gave him a solo exhibition in at the Galerie l’Effort Moderne. In 1931, Herbin’s commitment to abstraction and non-objective art culminated in his founding, with de Stijl artist Vantongerloo, the wide-ranging Abstraction-Création Group and in 1949 to his publication of L’art non-figuratif non-objectif. The latter included Herbin’s formulation of his “Plastic Alphabet,” a system of correspondences between geometric shapes, colors, letters, and musical notes. This universal language animates the vibrant oil paintings and gouaches of Herbin’s ma
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