7 Quotes & Sayings By Robert Delaunay

Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) was a Belgian artist. After studying at Ghent Academy of Fine Arts, he became a member of the group of artists known as Les XX. His work is characterized by its geometric simplicity, its use of colour, and its clarity of form. He was closely linked to the other important artists of the group, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse Read more

Delaunay exhibited his work in Paris until the outbreak of World War I. Then he travelled to England, where he settled in Hampstead.

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This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art. Robert Delaunay
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Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. Robert Delaunay
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Painting is by nature a luminous language. Robert Delaunay
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Vision is the true creative rhythm. Robert Delaunay
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Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. Robert Delaunay
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Impressionism it is the birth of Light in painting. Robert Delaunay