Robert Delaunay

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.

12 April 1885

Born on the same birth day (12 April): Antoine Laurent de Jussieu • Corrado Fabi • Curtis Turner • Edward Walter Maunder • Hound Dog Taylor • Irma Rapuzzi • István Anhalt • Jane Withers • John Dunsworth • Joyce Banda • Kaitlyn Weaver • Nils-Olav Johansen • Paul Lo Duca • Shawn Gore • Svetlana Lapina • Tama Janowitz

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