Homage to Blériot
1914 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 250 × 251 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Delaunay was a technology enthusiast who spent countless hours at the airfield near Marseille. Louis Blériot an aircraft designer was the inspiration for this painting. The inscription on the bottom refers to the painting being a part of the “Disques” series which was based on a a discussion with Michel Eugène Chevreul's color theory which explores the laws of simultaneous and complementary contrasts.
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Homage to Blériot (1914) by Robert Delaunay, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Robert Delaunay
Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist 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.
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