Kapists or KPists (Polish: Kapiści, from KP, the Polish acronym for the Paris Committee), also known as the Colourists, were a group of Polish painters of the 1930s who dominated the Polish artistic landscape of the epoch.[1] Contrary to Polish romanticist traditions, the Kapists underlined the independence of art from any historical tradition, symbolism or influences of literature and history. They were formed around Józef Pankiewicz and were under strong influence of the French Post-Impressionists.
The name of the movement was derived from the full name of the so-called Paris Committee, or Paris Committee of Relief for Students Leaving for Artistic Studies in France (Polish: Komitet Paryskiej Pomocy dla Wyjeżdżających Studentów na Studia Malarskie do Francji). Apart from Pankiewicz, among the best-known Kapists were Jan Cybis, Józef Czapski, Józef Jarema, Artur Nacht-Samborski, Eugeniusz Geppert, Piotr Potworowski, Hanna Rudzka and Zygmunt Waliszewski.[2]
In 1930, the Kapists held an exhibition at the Galerie Zak in Paris and in 1931 another exhibit at the Galerie Moos in Geneva.[1]
^ ab"Kapists". Grove Art Online. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^"Hanna Natalia Rudzka-Cybisowa". Polish Biographical Dictionary (in Polish). Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
In 1930, the Kapists held an exhibition at the Galerie Zak in Paris and in 1931 another exhibit at the Galerie Moos in Geneva. "Kapists". Grove Art Online...
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Precisionism Aeropittura Asso Scuola Romana Cercle et Carré Harlem Renaissance Kapists Regionalism California Scene Painting Heroic realism Socialist realism...
Precisionism Aeropittura Asso Scuola Romana Cercle et Carré Harlem Renaissance Kapists Regionalism California Scene Painting Heroic realism Socialist realism...
Precisionism Aeropittura Asso Scuola Romana Cercle et Carré Harlem Renaissance Kapists Regionalism California Scene Painting Heroic realism Socialist realism...
Precisionism Aeropittura Asso Scuola Romana Cercle et Carré Harlem Renaissance Kapists Regionalism California Scene Painting Heroic realism Socialist realism...
Precisionism Aeropittura Asso Scuola Romana Cercle et Carré Harlem Renaissance Kapists Regionalism California Scene Painting Heroic realism Socialist realism...