Delaunay Robert - Rhythm No. 1, decoration for the Salon des Tuileries

Robert Delaunay French artist who, famous for his use of strong colours and geometric shapes, and who, with his wife Sonia and others, created the Orphism movement, based on the law of colour contrasts developing over time and being perceived simultaneously. His key influence was this unreserved use of colour, the love of experimentation with both depth and tone.

In 1930, Delaunay returned to "inobjective" art in Rythmes and Rythmes sans fin, in which color alone is expressed, which, through its organization, its dimension, its relationships in space, determines the rhythms of forms. In 1938, large paintings were commissioned from Albert Gleizes, Jacques Villon, André Lhote, Sonia and Robert Delaunay to decorate the sculpture hall of the Salon des Tuileries. These monumental compositions, exhibited in 1939 at the Exhibition of the Réalités nouvelles group (considered the first Abstract Art Salon, Galerie Charpentier), were then donated to the City of Paris.

The Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris has a representative collection of his works, including this one.

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