Paris, France. An exhibition of the abstract artist, Auguste Herbin.
An exhibition of the works of French painter Auguste Herbin will be at the Musée de Montmartre in Paris until September 15. According to Herbin himself, his work was largely inspired by anthroposophy and Goethe’s theory of color. Based on this, for example, he developed the “Alphabet Plastique,” a plastic alphabet that combines the letters of the alphabet in tabular form with geometric shapes, colors, and notes of the C major scale. Many lively, object-free paintings have emerged from this self-developed visual language. Although Herbin’s art is still more of an insider’s secret, his works are regarded as decisive contributions to the development of Fauvism, Cubism, and abstract art. The exhibition is dedicated to Herbin’s seven creative periods: Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Monumental Objects, New Figuration, and First and Second Abstraction. Many of the works on display have never been exhibited in public before.
More Auguste Herbin, the master revealed
Translation Charles Cross
