A renowned painter regarded as the founder of abstract art, Kupka was exhibiting pictures created in a realistic spirit with an admixture of symbolism, Art Nouveau and even a bit of Fauvism up to the age of 41. In the years 1888−1892 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Professor František Sequens, subsequently continuing his studies in Vienna. 1895 was a crucial year for him when he left for Paris, where he started to be regarded as one of the foremost modern illustrators and creators of satirical drawings. He published cycles entitled Money, Religion and Peace in prestigious periodicals such as Cocorico and La Plume. This situation was only transitional. Over the years he abandoned realism and plunged into abstraction, in which he achieved absolute mastery. The presentation of his first two abstract paintings Fugue in Two Colors and Warm Chromatic at the Salon d’automne in Paris in 1912 was a revolutionary event.