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French painter with a complex artistic career, Jean Hélion was instrumental in introducing abstract art to the United States. He initially focused on volume, movement and rhythm, and became close to Mondrian, Léger and then Calder. It was through contact with painters such as Joaquin Torres Garcia and Perre Créixams that the artist discovered Cubism in 1926. Jean Hélion held his first exhibition in 1932, presenting mostly abstractions. After a first stay in the United States in 1932, he became one of the major players in abstraction, both as a theorist and practitioner. He exhibited in …