Paul Bilhaud
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| [[Paul Bilhaud]] was a French poet who belonged to the avant-garde group the [[Incoherents]]. He is the author of an [[monochrome|all-black]] painting called ''Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night''. | [[Paul Bilhaud]] was a French poet who belonged to the avant-garde group the [[Incoherents]]. He is the author of an [[monochrome|all-black]] painting called ''Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night''. | ||
| - | In 1882 the Exposition des Arts Incohérents in Paris featured a black painting by the poet Paul Bilhaud titled ''Combat de nègres dans une cave pendant la nuit'', which was [[appropriation|appropriate]]d in [[1887]] by the French humorist [[Alphonse Allais]], in an album of monochrome pictures of various colors, with uniformly ornamental frames, each bearing a comical title. Allais called his all-red painting ''Tomato Harvest by Apoplectic Cardinals on the Shore of the Red Sea''. | + | In 1882 the Exposition des Arts Incohérents in Paris featured a black painting by the poet Paul Bilhaud titled ''Combat de nègres dans une cave pendant la nuit'', which was [[appropriation|appropriate]]d in [[1887]] by the French humorist [[Alphonse Allais]], in an album of [[monochrome]] pictures of various colors, with uniformly ornamental frames, each bearing a comical title. Allais called his all-red painting ''Tomato Harvest by Apoplectic Cardinals on the Shore of the Red Sea''. |
| ''Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night'' predates [[Malevich]]'s, ''[[Black Square on a White Field]]'' by 31 years.{{GFDL}} | ''Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night'' predates [[Malevich]]'s, ''[[Black Square on a White Field]]'' by 31 years.{{GFDL}} | ||
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Paul Bilhaud was a French poet who belonged to the avant-garde group the Incoherents. He is the author of an all-black painting called Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night.
In 1882 the Exposition des Arts Incohérents in Paris featured a black painting by the poet Paul Bilhaud titled Combat de nègres dans une cave pendant la nuit, which was appropriated in 1887 by the French humorist Alphonse Allais, in an album of monochrome pictures of various colors, with uniformly ornamental frames, each bearing a comical title. Allais called his all-red painting Tomato Harvest by Apoplectic Cardinals on the Shore of the Red Sea.
Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night predates Malevich's, Black Square on a White Field by 31 years.
