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Biomorphism
Term derived from the Classical concept of forms created by the power of natural life, applied to the use of organic shapes in 20th-century art, particularly within SURREALISM. It was first used in this sense by Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Jack of Diamonds (artists) 1909, Russia Futurism (art) - 1910 - 1930, Italy Cubo-Futurism 1912 - 1915, Russia Rayonism 1911, Russia Synchromism 1912, United States Universal Flowering 1913, Russia Vorticism 1914 - 1920, United Kingdom Biomorphism ...
Through their efforts, recognition for synthetic cubism, geometric abstraction, neoplasticism, abstract biomorphism, and hard edge was achieved, and the way was paved for the emergence of the New York school of Abstract Expressionism.
 See also: Orphism, School, Painting, Movement, Sculpture
  
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