Orphism

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About Orphism

Description of Orphism
Examples of Orphism
Orphism Artists - 8
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Orphism
Term coined by Guillaume Apollinaire c. 1912 to refer to the work of several painters in Paris. He applied it to a new kind of joyously sensuous art, whose roots were in Cubism and which had a tendency towards abstraction. The word orphique had been used by the Symbolists and originated in the Greek myth of Orpheus, who was significant as the ideal artist for the Symbolists. In 1907 Apollinaire had written a collection of ... (view more)

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Examples of Orphism at Auction

Artists Associated with Orphism — 8 artists:

Robert Delaunay Sonia Delaunay Marcel Duchamp Raoul Dufy

Frantisek Kupka Fernand Leger Louis Moilliet Francis Picabia

Auction Houses that have sold Orphism works - 525

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