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Robert Delaunay

1885 - 1941

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Robert Delaunay (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ dəlonɛ]; 12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) 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 the bold use of colour and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Delaunay is the 155th most popular painter (down from 141st in 2019), the 494th most popular biography from France (down from 438th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Painter.

Robert Delaunay is most famous for creating a new style of painting called Orphism. He was also the first to use the term "Orphism" to describe this style.

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Among painters, Robert Delaunay ranks 155 out of 2,023. Before him are Frederic Leighton, Fernand Léger, Filippino Lippi, William Hogarth, John Constable, and Gentile Bellini. After him are Robert Campin, Frédéric Bazille, Nicolai Abildgaard, Théodore Rousseau, Pinturicchio, and Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

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Among people born in 1885, Robert Delaunay ranks 16. Before him are Albert Kesselring, George S. Patton, François Mauriac, Hermann Hoth, Julius Streicher, and Hugo Boss. After him are George de Hevesy, Karen Horney, André Maurois, Ernst Bloch, Umberto Nobile, and Ernst Busch. Among people deceased in 1941, Robert Delaunay ranks 16. Before him are Maurice Leblanc, Maximilian Kolbe, Paul Sabatier, Émile Bernard, Arthur Evans, and James George Frazer. After him are Ioannis Metaxas, El Lissitzky, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Marina Tsvetaeva, Émile Picard, and Hans Spemann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Delaunay ranks 494 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), Childebert I (497), and Jean-Baptiste Say (1767). After him are Philippe Pinel (1745), Françoise Hardy (1944), Alfred Binet (1857), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Robert Campin (1375), and Philippe Noiret (1930).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Robert Delaunay ranks 43. Before him are André Derain (1880), Charles Le Brun (1619), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Émile Bernard (1868), Jean Fouquet (1420), and Fernand Léger (1881). After him are Robert Campin (1375), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Paul Delaroche (1797), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), and Gustave Caillebotte (1848).

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