1. Robert Delaunay

2. Circular Forms (from Rhythms of Circular Forms” series)
Robert Delauney
Circular Forms (from Rhythms of Circular Forms” series)
1930; oil on canvas

3. Robert Delaunay Born in Paris in 1885 Started painting at age 19
Inspired by the sun and colours of nature
Tried to capture the sense of rhythm and motion in colours
1930’s, started a series of paintings called “Rhythms of Circular Forms”, featuring circular shapes divided into areas of contrasting colours
He kept making art in this way until he died in 1941.

4. Robert Delaunay
Hommage a Bleriot; 1914

5. Formes Circulaires, Soleil No. 3
Robert Delaunay
Formes Circulaires, Soleil No. 3

6. Robert Delaunay
Rhythm, Joie de Vivre

7. Robert Delaunay ( )
“…is one of the first modern artists to complete the step toward abstraction by trusting to the effects of pure colour…” ~ArtDaily.org (