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Also known as Robert Delaunay II, Robert Delaunay (1885-1941), Delaunay, Robert II Delaunay, Robert Victor Félix Delaunay

French painter (1885–1941)

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Robert Delaunay was a French painter from 1885 to 1941 who developed a distinctive approach to abstract art through color and geometric forms. His work was influential in early 20th-century modernism and helped establish new ways of thinking about how color and light could convey emotion and meaning in painting.

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Born
1885
Died
1941
Works
28

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  • Allo! Paris!
  • Ausstellung Robert Delaunay
  • La relève du matin
  • Robert Delaunay, 1885-1941
  • Du cubisme à l'art abstrait

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
France
Active from
1885
Active to
1941

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Quotes

  • What they are saying is okay [the Futurist artists like Severini, Carra and Russolo, who debated in Paris intensively with the Cubist artists].
  • 'Simultaneousness' is a technique. Simultaneous contrast is the most up-to-date honey of this technique in this field. Simultaneous contrast is visible depth – Reality, Form, construction, representation. Depth is the new inspiration. We live in depth, we travel in depth. I’m in it. The senses are in it. And the mind is too.
  • The need for a new subject has inspired the poets, launching them onto a fresh path and bringing to their attention to poetry of la Tour [the Eiffel tower in Paris], which communicates mysteriously with the whole world. Rays of light, waves of symphonic sounds. Factories, bridges, iron structures, airships, the numberless gyrations of aeroplanes, windows seen by crowd simultaneously.
  • On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and hardly dates back any farther than to the beginning of Impressionism.
  • As long as art cannot get free from the object, it will continue to be a description.
  • I can see the black spots of the sun [remark to Sonia Delaunay, his wife and female artist].

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date of death
1941-10-25
date of birth
1885-04-12
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name in native language
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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Robert Delaunay, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Robert Delaunay ( French: [ʁɔbɛʁ dəlonɛ]; 12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist of the School of Paris movement; who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract. His key influence related to the bold use of colour and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone.

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