Sonia Delaunay

Sonia Delaunay COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM In the first decade of the twentieth century, Robert and Sonia Delaunay together developed what their friend Apollinaire would baptize "Orphism" and what the couple named "Simultaneism" ? the infusing of Cubism's fractured...

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Published in:Artforum international 2011-07, Vol.49 (10), p.403-403
Main Author: Turvey, Lisa
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Design
Neumann, Vera
Perception
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Summary:Sonia Delaunay COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM In the first decade of the twentieth century, Robert and Sonia Delaunay together developed what their friend Apollinaire would baptize "Orphism" and what the couple named "Simultaneism" ? the infusing of Cubism's fractured planes with side-by-side, contrasting colors to effect the sensation of movement that the Futurists were concurrently pursuing. In some respects the Metz designs are more restrained, the earlier jarring adjacent hues supplanted by subtler tonal variations, and brazen stripes and diamonds reduced to intricate grids; yet the 1930s also saw the increasing use of organic motifs, with florals and fronds printed on silks, cottons, and linens.
ISSN:1086-7058