MINUS SPACE’s chronology includes major events, exhibitions, and writings regarding the development of reductive art on the international level.
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| year | europe | south america | north america | australia / asia / africa |
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| 1810 | Goethe publishes "Theory of Color"; Goethe takes a non-scientific stance in determining the physical properties of color, as well as its metaphysical potential | |||
| 1839 | Michel-Eugène Chevreul publishes treatise "On the Law of Simultaneous Contrast of Colors"; Through optical analysis of prismatic and complementary colors, Chevreul showed that certain color juxtapositions intensify adjoining hues, creating different effects according to their placement | |||
| 1866 | Wassily Kandinsky is born on December 4 in Moscow, Russia | |||
| 1870 | Ivan Klyun is born in Vladimir province, Russia | |||
| 1871 | Frantisek Kupka is born on September 22 in Opochno, Bohemia Giacomo Balla is bornon August 18 in Turin, Italy |
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| 1872 | Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (Piet Mondrian) is born on March 7 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands | |||
| 1874 | Joaquín Torres-García is born on July 28 in Montevideo, Uruguay | |||
| 1875 | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was born on January 9 in New York, New York The Art Students League is founded in New York City as an alternative to the National Academy; The League is artist-run and, therefore, generally more responsive to new currents |
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| 1876 | Bart van der Leck is born on November 26 in Utrecht, The Netherlands | |||
| 1877 | Joseph Stella is born on June 13 in Muro Lucano, Italy | |||
| 1878 | Kazimir Malevich is born on February 26 in Kieve, Russia Otto Freundlich is born on July 10 in Stolp, Germany (now Stupsk, Poland) Jean Crotti is born on April 24 in Bulle, Switzerland |
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