Orphism

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Orphism is an early 20th-century abstract art movement that emphasized pure color and lyrical, musical qualities in painting, evolving from Cubism toward non-representational forms.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Orphism canonical 30
Lyrical abstraction 4
Orphic Cubism 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century art movement ⓘ
abstract art movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
textile design ⓘ
associatedWith Fernand Léger ⓘ
Francis Picabia ⓘ
František Kupka ⓘ
Guillaume Apollinaire ⓘ
Robert Delaunay ⓘ
Sonia Delaunay ⓘ
centerOfActivity Paris ⓘ
coinedBy Guillaume Apollinaire ⓘ
developedAroundYear 1912 ⓘ
1913 ⓘ
developedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
emergedFrom Cubism ⓘ
emphasizes lyrical qualities ⓘ
musical qualities ⓘ
pure color ⓘ
focusesOn color harmony ⓘ
light ⓘ
rhythm ⓘ
sensation of movement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Orphic Cubism ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
historicalContext pre–World War I European avant-garde ⓘ
influenced color field explorations ⓘ
later abstract art ⓘ
non-objective painting ⓘ
influencedBy Cubism ⓘ
Fauvism ⓘ
Neo-Impressionism ⓘ
keyWorkExample Robert Delaunay’s "Circular Forms" paintings ⓘ
linked to: Robert Delaunay

Robert Delaunay’s "Simultaneous Windows" series ⓘ
linked to: Robert Delaunay
partOf European modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism
rejects monochrome Cubism ⓘ
traditional representation ⓘ
relatedTo Abstraction-Création ⓘ
Futurism ⓘ
Simultanism ⓘ
linked to: Cubism
seeksToExpress emotion through color ⓘ
music through color ⓘ
tendsToward abstraction ⓘ
non-representational art ⓘ
theoreticalSupporter Guillaume Apollinaire ⓘ
uses circular forms ⓘ
geometric fragmentation ⓘ
strong contrasts of color ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cubism → hasInfluenced → Orphism ⓘ
Abstract expressionism → influenced → Lyrical abstraction ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Nicolas de Staël → movement → Lyrical abstraction ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Joan Mitchell → movement → Lyrical abstraction ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Section d'Or → influenced → Orphism ⓘ
Puteaux Group → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Salon Cubism → relatedConcept → Orphic Cubism ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Larry Poons → movement → Lyrical abstraction ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Orphism → hasAlternativeName → Orphic Cubism ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Robert Delaunay → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Marie Laurencin → movement → Orphism ⓘ
František Kupka → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Sonia Delaunay → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Sonia Delaunay → coFounded → Orphism movement ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Jean Crotti → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Rayonism → influencedBy → Orphism ⓘ
Groupe de Puteaux → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Groupe de Puteaux → artStyle → Orphism ⓘ
Simultaneous Windows → genre → Orphism ⓘ
Simultaneous Windows → movement → Orphic Cubism ⓘ
linked to: Orphism
Windows on the City → movement → Orphism ⓘ
L’Équipe de Cardiff → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Hommage à Blériot → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Windows series → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Guillaume Apollinaire → coinedTerm → Orphism ⓘ
František Kupka → movement → Orphism ⓘ
subject linked to: Kupka
Discs of Newton → movement → Orphism ⓘ
Jean Crotti → movement → Orphism ⓘ
subject linked to: Crotti