Robert Delaunay

Robert Delaunay (Paris, April 12, 1885 - Montpellier, October 25, 1941) was a French painter. Together with his wife, Sonia Delaunay, they were pioneers of abstract art and creators of simultaneism .

He abandoned cubism, with its geometric shapes and monochrome colors, to embark on a new style, orphism, which focused on circular shapes and bright colors and has also been described as abstract cubism or rayonism.

His series Windows (1912) was one of the first examples of abstract art. His studies on rhythm and movement are resolved in series of paintings based on sporting events, such as Sprinters (1924-1926), which culminated in impressive abstract works centered on rhythm, such as his last series & #34;Rhythms" and "Eternal Rhythms". He also produced theoretical writings such as the essay Sur la lumière , published in "Der Sturm" (1913), in translation by Paul Klee. With his wife, Sonia Delaunay, also an artist, he lived for a time in Spain.