... past and the present, developing an art entirely their own. This independence had brought them into repeated conflicts with the reactionary jury of the Salon, to the extent that to show their works outside of the official exhibitions seemed to be the only means left them to approach the general public. One who did appreciate and follow in the footsteps of ... others. Throughout the early part of the twentieth century, the avant-garde spurned the notion of artistic representation for an art which would be less reflection than material intervention and organizing force. The earliest react...

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