A pioneer of abstraction, the Czech artist František Kupka was a major figure in the École de Paris and the cubist movement of the 1910s. His work, characterized by dynamic shapes and colors, draws inspiration from music.

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Kupka's canvases, driven by his research on color and music, are an expression of the movement and fluidity of life. In 1914, he was mobilized in the Somme, alongside Blaise Cendras. At the end of the conflict, Kupka evolved from organic to geometric abstraction. In 1931, the painter joined the Abstraction-Creation movement, whose objective was to promote abstract art in reaction to surrealism. Among its members in particular are Hans Arp, Auguste Herbin and Jean Hélion.

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Kupka was regularly invited to the Salon des Réalities Nouvelles and participated in the 1936 exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art from the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA). In 2018, a exceptional retrospective is dedicated to him at the Grand Palais in Paris, highlighting his remarkable artistic career.