Auguste Herbin

Auguste Herbin, French painter (died 1960)

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Born: April 29, 1882
Died: January 31, 1960
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1882

About Auguste Herbin

Auguste Herbin was a French painter of modern art. He is best known for his Cubist and abstract paintings consisting of colorful geometric figures. He co-founded the groups Abstraction-Création and Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, which promoted non-figurative abstract art. In the 1930s, he co-founded the group Abstraction-Création in Paris and served as publisher and author for the journal Abstraction-Création. After 1927, Herbin became interested in microphotographs of crystals and plants and completely abandoned figurative painting.

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The world when Auguste Herbin was born

Auguste Herbin was born in 1882. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

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Top headlineChinese Exclusion Act signed
Technology milestoneFirst hydroelectric power plant (Appleton, WI)
World population~1.42B

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U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
U.S. population51.9M

1882 versus 2026

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Population	51.9M	341 million

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