Robert Delaunay
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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
Abstract art
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Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.
James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874), Detroit Institute of Arts
Francis Picabia, c. 1909, Caoutchouc, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
František Kupka, Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs (Fugue in Two Colors), 1912, oil on canvas, 210 × 200 cm, Narodni Galerie, Prague. Published in Au Salon d'Automne "Les Indépendants" 1912, Exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne, Paris.