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Robert Delaunay
Robert Delaunay (April 12, 1885 – October 25, 1941) was
a French artist. He was born in Paris, France, and died in Montpellier,
France
Delaunay concentrated on impressionism, while his later works were
more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. His key influence related
to bold use of colour, and a clear love of experimentation of both
depth and tone.
While he was child, Delaunay's parents divorced, and he was raised
by his uncle, in La Ronchere (near Bourges). He took up painting
at an early age, and by 1903, he was producing mature imagery in
a confident, impressionistic style.
In 1908, after a term in the military working as a regimental librarian,
he met Sonia Terk, who he later married, but at the time she was
married to a German art dealer.
In 1909, Delaunay began to paint the series of studies of the city
of Paris and the Eiffel Tower. The following year, he married Terk,
and the couple settled in a studio apartment in Paris, where they
later had a son.
At the invitation of Wassily Kandinsky, Delaunay joined The Blue
Rider (Der Blaue Reiter), a Munich-based group of abstract artists,
in 1911, and his art took a turn to the abstract.
The outbreak of the World War I found the Delaunay and his wife
vacationing in Spain, and they settled with friends in Portugal
for the duration of the conflict. During this period, the couple
took on several jobs designing costumes for the Madrid Opera, and
Sonia Delaunay started a fashion design business.
After the war, in 1921, they returned to Paris. Delaunay continued
to work in a mostly abstract style. During the 1937 World's Fair
in Paris, Delaunay participated in the design of the railway and
air travel pavilions.
When World War II erupted, the Delaunays moved to the Auvergne,
in an effort to avoid the invading German forces. Suffering from
cancer, Delaunay was unable to endure being moved around, and his
health deteriorated. He died October 25, 1941 in Montpellier.
The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes
that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the
world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even
draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend
to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces
can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from
the existing paintings.h
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