Robert Delaunay: Hommage à Blériot (Kerber Art) (English and German Edition)
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Robert Delaunay: Hommage à Blériot (Kerber Art) (English and German Edition) Details
Originally associated with Orphic Cubism, a style of his own invention which focused more on movement, light and rhythm than on the particular objects depicted on canvas, the influential French painter Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) abandoned representation in 1911 when he joined Wassily Kandinsky's Munich-based Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group, joining forces with such artists as Franz Marc, Albert Bloch and Paul Klee. The lyricism of Delaunay's color increased from 1912 to 1914, keeping pace with the accelerated perceptual and technical developments of the time. As a leading light of the pre-1920s Paris avant-garde, Delaunay created a new artistic language to express these ideas. Beginning with the groundbreaking, large-format work "Hommage à Blériot" (1914), which honored the pioneering French aviator Louis Blériot, this catalogue presents an in-depth investigation of Delaunay's life and work during this era and includes ample documentation of his collaboration with his wife, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, as well as the restoration of the major work for which this volume is named.
Reviews
I haven't read the entire book yet, but this book seems to focus on a short period of Delauney's life with almost more info on other artists around Robert Delauney. It is well illustrated however and informative re: the time period, people and place around Bleriot...a symbol of new technology at the time. It is in German and English which gets a little confusing. It is not, however, a complete bio of the life of Robert Delauney. The focus is on the time, the theories behind R. Delauney's particular brand of abstraction and his involvement in events focusing on the technology of the time. It's interesting...but perhaps not worth more than 25 dollars. I paid 50.