Paintings Reproductions Simultaneous Contrasts Sun and Moon by Robert Delaunay (1885-1941, France) | WahooArt.com

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"Simultaneous Contrasts Sun and Moon"

Robert Delaunay (i) - Orphism (i)
Robert Dulaunay was a French artist, he was one of the founders of Orphism, a form of Cubism based on colour. The name Orphism was given by a poet, after Orpheus, a musicism in Greek Mythology. The musicality of Dulaunay’s work lay in his art and his theoretical engagement with colour. He observed the relationship between colours when placed next to each other on the canvas, they can imbue different senses of depth and movement with no reference to the natural world. The painting Simultaneous Contrasts Sun and Moon, is in a circular frame, to represent the universe and the two contrasting cool and warm colours on each side is attuned to the sun and the moon. Delaunay explains, “ "These colored planes are the structure of the picture, and nature is no longer a subject for description but a pretext”; abandoning "images or reality that come to corrupt the order of color." He derived the painting’s name from Michel-Eugène Chevreul;s treatise On the Law of the Simultaneous Contrast of Colors, published in 1839. He had combined his spiritual belief in colour and theoretical knowledge into a symbol of unity and possibility of harmony in the chaos of the modern world.

 




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