Cosmic Spring I – František Kupka
Cosmis Spring I (Cosmic Spring I) by František Kupka (1913/4, oil on canvas, 115 x 125 cm, National Gallery of Prague).
Adapted from the Gallery catalogue:
František Kupka (1871-1957) wrote in his book Tvoření v umění výtvarném (Creation in Visual Art), that he did not seek to copy nature but sought inspiration in varied shapes of nature such as ice crystals, flower buds, freezing vapour, clouds, airflow, and falling stars. Kupka was fascinated by shape analogies which he found in various levels of microstructures and macrostructures – from microphotographs of cells to astronomical photographs of planets.
(Posted because, of course, 1st February was the first day of Spring…)
In the Dark 
February 4, 2026 at 8:57 am
Just no. Here in Carrickfergus its still winter. Also if February is Spring then May is summer and August autumn, which is just wrong.
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 am
Well, the daffodils and crocuses are coming up so I’ll call it Spring. We’re in the Spring Semester too. May is indeed summer and August is indeed the start of autumn.May exams are summer exams and the August repeats are Autumn examinations. It all makes sense to me!
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 am
No sign of growing plant life where I am. Must be a big temperature gradient between here and Maynooth….