Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)

1934

Abstract Composition by Jean Hélion

Artwork · Women Artists

Jean Hélion's Abstract Composition (1934) at Tate — the painting Vera Molnár told Hans Ulrich Obrist had pushed her towards abstraction.
Jean Hélion's Abstract Composition (1934) at Tate — the painting Vera Molnár told Hans Ulrich Obrist had pushed her towards abstraction. Jean Hélion, Abstract Composition, 1934. Tate, London (T07921). © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London.

Vera Molnar saw this piece and was encouraged to create her own abstract, constructivist-inspired art, the computer art pioneer told Hans Ulrich Obrist. A vibrant and dynamic abstract painting, Hélion’s work was a challenge to traditional notions of representation and perspective.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

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People

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jean Hélion, Vera Molnár

Movements

Constructivism

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abstraction, Constructivism, painting, perception, representation
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Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jean Hélion, Vera Molnár
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Abstract Composition

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