Salons--France--Paris
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Salon des Réalités Nouvelles Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS161
Abstract
The Salon des Réalités Nouvelles was a Paris group that promoted geometric abstract art during the post-WWII period. The salon, or exhibiting society, was formed in 1946 and is seen as a continuation of "Abstraction-Création: art non figuratif," which was a loose ensemble of proponents of abstract art that formed in 1931 to offer an alternative to the figurative/representational tendencies of André Breton's Surrealists. The Salon took its name and original direction from a 1939 exhibition...
Dates:
1939 - 1958; Other: Majority of material found within 1956 - 1958