Orphist
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orphist — or·phist … English syllables
orphist — ˈȯrfə̇st, ˈȯ(ə)f noun ( s) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French orphisme + English ist : an adherent or follower of the art theory, method, or practice of Orphism … Useful english dictionary
Orphism — Orphist, n., adj. /awr fiz euhm/, n. 1. the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school. 2. (often l.c.) Also called orphic cubism. Fine Arts. a short lived but influential artistic movement of the early 20th century arising from… … Universalium
Delaunay, Sonia — ▪ French artist original name Sofia Ilinitchna Terk born November 14, 1885, Gradizhsk, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Ukraine] died December 5, 1979, Paris, France Russian painter, illustrator, and textile designer who was a pioneer of… … Universalium
Jean Crotti — (April 24, 1878 ndash; January 30,1958) was a French painter.Crotti was born in Bulle, Fribourg, Switzerland. He first studied in Munich, Germany at the School of Decorative Arts, then at age 23 moved to Paris to study art at the Académie Julian … Wikipedia
Abstract art — Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, c. 1913 Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.[1] Western art had been, from the… … Wikipedia
Orphism (art) — Robert Delaunay, Champs de Mars. La Tour rouge. 1911. Art Institute of Chicago. For the ancient Greek religion, see Orphism (religion). Orphism or Orphic Cubism (1910 13), the term coined by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire, was a little… … Wikipedia
Roger de La Fresnaye — (11 July, 1885 27 November, 1925) was a French cubist painter.He was born in Le Mans where his father, an officer in the French army, was temporarily stationed. The La Fresnaye s were an aristocratic family whose ancestral home, the Château de La … Wikipedia
painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… … Universalium
synchromism — synchromist, n., adj. /sing kreuh miz euhm/, n. (sometimes cap.) a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes… … Universalium
