born April 12, 1885, Paris, Fr.
died Oct. 25, 1941, Montpellier
French painter.
He spent his early career as a part-time designer of stage scenery and came under the influence of Neo-Impressionism , Fauvism , and Cubism . In 190911 his colour experiments culminated in a series of paintings of the Eiffel Tower, which combined fragmented Cubist forms with dynamic movement and vibrant colour. The introduction of bright colour to Cubism
a style that came to be known as Orphism
distinguished his work from that of the more orthodox Cubist painters and influenced the artists of Der Blaue Reiter . With his wife, the Ukrainian-born painter and textile designer Sonia Terk Delaunay (18851979), he painted abstract mural decorations for the 1937 Paris Exposition.
Eiffel Tower , an oil painting on canvas by Robert Delaunay from ...
Deposited by Emanuel Hoffmann-Foundation in Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; photograph, Hans Hinz