In 1943 Auguste Herbin invented his Visual Alphabet. He arbitrarily assigned each letter a geometric form, color, and tone. He incorporated this alphabet into his working method : he would select a word, identify each letter, link that letter to the form and color laid down in his alphabet, and then arrange the shapes and colors in such a way as to balance the surface of the painting.

born in 1882 in Quiévy died in 1960 in Paris

Latest main exhibitions

• 2001 London Royal Academy of Art, Angleterre
• 2002 Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, Pays Bas
• 2003 Kunstmuseum Lentos, Linz, Autriche
• 2005 Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, Pays Bas
• 2007 Musées du Château des Ducs de Wurtemberg, Montbéliard
• 2009 Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Allemagne
• 2010 Beaux Arts de Nimes

Works in museums and public collections

• M.A.M. Centre G. Pompidou, Paris
• Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris
• Musée de Grenoble
• MOMA New-York, USA