Robert Delaunay was a French artist of the School of Paris movement; 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. His key influence related to bold use of colour and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone.
Robert Delaunay
Robert Delaunay, Paysage au disque, 1906–07, oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm, Musée national d'art moderne (MNAM), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Robert Delaunay. Champs de Mars: The Red Tower, 1911, oil on canvas, 160.7 x 128.6 cm, Art Institute of Chicago.
Robert Delaunay, Simultaneous Contrasts: Sun and Moon, 1912–13, oil on canvas, 53 in. (134.5 cm) in diameter, Museum of Modern Art
The School of Paris refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century.
André Warnod, Les Berceaux de la jeune peinture (1925). Cover illustration by Amedeo Modigliani
Raoul Dufy, Regatta at Cowes, 1934, Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art
Marc Chagall, The Fiddler, 1912–13
Sonia Delaunay, Rythme, 1938