"Color is, both for the artist who uses it and for the spectator who perceives and assesses it, the vehicle of the impression... Every color provokes different sensations. Though with identical functions, each color makes itself known by a specific vibration." - Frantisek Kupka.
Creation in the Plastic Arts, a publication Kupka completed in 1913, was published in Prague in 1923. In 1936 his work was included in the exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and at a significant series with Alphonse Mucha in the Jeu de Paume, Paris. A retrospective of his work took place at the Galerie S.V.U. Mánes at Prague in 1946. That same year Kupka engaged in the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, where he continued to exhibit regularly until his death. During the 1950s he gained general recognition and had several solo shows in New York. Kupka expired in Puteaux on June 24, 1957. Retrospectives were held in the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, in 1958 and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1975.
"The moment has come for me to write, draw, and paint my credo. In the last month I have destroyed much of my work... Looked at carefully, they were mostly tumors remaining from my bad times." - Frantisek Kupka.
