Abstraction-Création

Abstraction-Création was an association of abstract artists founded in Paris in 1931 to promote abstract art through group exhibitions and publications. The association arose partly as a response to the dominance of Surrealism and sought to bring together artists working in a non-objective direction, giving them a shared platform to show their work and exchange ideas. The group was open and international, numbering hundreds of members from many countries over its years. Among its leading figures were Auguste Herbin, Jean Hélion, Theo van Doesburg (a driving force in the early stage), Naum Gabo, Antoine Pevsner, Hans Arp, Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky. The association published an annual almanac of the same name that reproduced works and printed theoretical texts. Abstraction-Création united different tendencies, from geometric abstraction and Constructivism to Neoplasticism, and although it lasted only until the mid-1930s, it played a key role in consolidating and spreading abstract art across interwar Europe.