Portuguese Woman
1916 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
About this artwork
This oil painting by Robert Delaunay utilizes vibrant, fragmented color planes to depict a figure in a highly stylized, abstract manner. It is a prominent example of the artist's Orphic approach to composition.
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Robert Delaunay was a pioneer of Orphism, a branch of Cubism that prioritized lyrical color and musical movement over rigid structure. This work reflects his ongoing obsession with the 'simultaneity' of light and color, a concept that influenced many avant-garde artists of the early 20th century.
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Portuguese Woman
Robert Delaunay, 1916
