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): Amedeo Calliari • Antonio da Sangallo the Younger • Corrado Fabi • Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford • Joachim Camerarius • José Gautier Benítez • Muretus • Olga Kotlyarova • Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Born in the same month (April 1885): Bud Fisher • Clementine Churchill • Karl Tarvas • Leó Weiner • Marie-Victorin Kirouac • Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy • St John Philby • Thomas Cronan • Vean Gregg • Wallace Beery