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Robert Delaunay was born in Paris in 1885. He started painting in 1903 and exhibited in the Salon d'Automne (Autumn Exhibition) in 1904 and in 1906 as well as in the Salon des Indépendants (Exhibition of Independents) in 1904 (and in each Exhibition up until the First World War). Between 1905 and 1907, Delaunay befriends Henri Rousseau and Jean Metzinger and studies the theories of colour by Michel Eugene Chevreul. During this period, he develops his neo-impressionist style, influenced by Paul...
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Biography of Robert Delaunay
Robert Delaunay was born in Paris in 1885. He started painting in 1903 and exhibited in the Salon d'Automne (Autumn Exhibition) in 1904 and in 1906 as well as in the Salon des Indépendants (Exhibition of Independents) in 1904 (and in each Exhibition up until the First World War). Between 1905 and 1907, Delaunay befriends Henri Rousseau and Jean Metzinger and studies the theories of colour by Michel Eugene Chevreul. During this period, he develops his neo-impressionist style, influenced by Paul Cézanne. After his military service, he returns to Paris where he mixes with the cubism circle. Between 1909 and 1910 Delaunay develops his own style; he paints his first Eiffel Tower in 1909. The following year he marries the painter Sonia Terk, with whom he collaborates in many artistic projects (becoming Sonia Delaunay). As of 1911, Delaunay is present in Germany where he collaborates with the avant-garde circle. Wassily Kandinsky invites him to participate in the first Blaue Reiter exhibition (The Blue Cavalier) at Monaco. During this period, he befriends Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Le Fauconnier et Albert Gleizes. In 1912 he has his first solo exhibition at the Barbazanges Gallery in Paris and begins his series of “Fenêtres” (Windows). In 1913, he paints his first in the “Disques” (Discs) series, circular shapes and abstract work. From 1914 to 1920, he lives in Spain and in Portugal when he befriends Serge de Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, Diego Rivera and Léonide Massine. At the beginning of the 20s he returns to Paris, where two years later, he organises an exhibition of his work at the Paul Guillaume Gallery and starts his second Eiffel Tower series. In 1924, he devotes himself to the “Coureurs” (Runners) series. In 1925, he tackles the fresco for the Palais de l'Ambassade de France (French Embassy Palace) at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs (International Exhibition of Decorative Arts) in Paris and in 1937, completes the murals for the Palais des Chemins de Fer (Railway Palace) and the Palais de l'Air (Air Palace) at the Exposition Internationale des Arts (International Exhibition of Arts) in Paris. His last works are decorations for the “Salon des Tuileries” sculpture room in 1938. He dies in Montpellier in 1941.
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* « Robert Delaunay », Gustav Vriesen et Max Imdahl, DuMont Schauber, Cologne, 1967* « Robert et Sonia Delaunay », Michel Hoog, Ed. des musées nationaux, Paris, 1967
* « Robert Delaunay », catalogue d'exposition, L'Annonciade, Musée de Saint Tropez, 1997
* « Robert Delaunay, de l'impressionnisme à l'abstraction », P. Rousseau, catalogue d'exposition, Ed. du Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1999
* « Entre destruction et construction : Delaunay », Jean-Clet Martin, in revue Chimères, n°61, fév. 2006
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A tribute to Robert Delaunay
Victime de problèmes pulmonaires,, Robert Delaunay est mort le 25 octobre 1941 à Montpellier ; il avait été l'un des fondateurs, et le principal artisan, du mouvement orphiste. Il repose avec Sonia, son épouse. Leur tombe - qui les unit encore - dans l’ombre de l’église du village, se situe dans le petit cimetière de Gambais (Yvelines, Nord-Ouest de Rambouillet) avec leur fils, Charles. En hommage à cet inséparable couple, nous déposons trois fleurs du lantana sur leur dernière demeure.
"J’ai la vie en moi et la couleur dans le monde." - Robert Delaunay
"La vraie peinture nouvelle commencera quand on comprendra que la couleur a une vie propre, que les infinies combinaisons de la couleur ont leur poésie et leur langage poétique beaucoup plus expressifs que par les moyens anciens. C’est un langage mystérieux en rapport avec des vibrations, la vie même de la couleur. Dans ce domaine il y a de nouvelles possibilités à l’infini." - Sonia Delaunay
"Séparer l'homme de l'art? Jamais. Je ne peux pas séparer l'homme de l'art puisque je lui fais des maisons ! Pendant que la mode était au tableau de chevalet, je ne pensais déjà qu'à de grands ouvrages muraux." - Robert Delaunay
"Une chose indispensable pour moi, c'est l'observation directe, dans la nature, de l'essence lumineuse." - Robert Delaunay
"Robert Delaunay nous offre des toiles solidement peintes qui ont l'air malheureusement de commémorer un tremblement de terre. […] La peinture n'est pas un art reproducteur mais créateur. Avec ces mouvements, orphistes et cubistes, nous arrivons en pleine poésie de la lumière. J'aime l'art des jeunes peintres parce que j'aime avant tout la lumière. Et, comme tous les hommes aiment avant tout la lumière, ils ont inventé le feu." - Guillaume Apollinaire
"La peinture est par nature un langage lumineux." - Robert Delaunay
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- + CUBISM / 1907-1925 / Robert Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Charles Dufresne, Jacques Lipchitz, Jean Metzinger, etc.
- + SURREALISM / 1924-1969 / Marcel Duchamp, Dora Maar, Kurt Schwitters, Taro Okamoto, Antonio Berni, etc.
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