Sonia Delaunay (13 November 1885 – 5 December 1979) was a French artist, who spent most of her working life in Paris. She was born in Odessa (then part of Russian Empire), and formally trained in Russian Empire and Germany before moving to France and expanding her practice to include textile, fashion, and set design. She co-founded the Orphism

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, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes, with her husband

Robert Delaunay Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist 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 abstra ...

and others. She was the first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the

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in 1964, and in 1975 was named an officer of the

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. Her work in modern design included the concepts of geometric abstraction, and the integration of furniture, fabrics, wall coverings, and clothing into her art practice.

Biography

Early life (1885–1904)

Sarah Elievna Stern was born on 13 November 1885 in

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(then part of the

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), to Jewish parents. Her father was foreman of a nail factory. Interview in BOMB Magazine At a young age she moved to St. Petersburg, where she was cared for by her mother's brother, Henri Terk. Henri, a successful and affluent lawyer, and his wife Anna wanted to adopt her but her mother would not allow it. Finally in 1890 she was adopted by the Terks. Jacques Damame: p. 171 She assumed the name Sonia Terk and received a privileged upbringing with the Terks. They spent their summers in

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and travelled widely in Europe, introducing Sonia to art museums and galleries. When she was 16, she attended a well-regarded secondary school in St. Petersburg, where her skill at drawing was noted by her teacher. When she was 18, at her teacher's suggestion, she was sent to art school in

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where she attended the

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. She studied in Germany until 1905 and then moved to

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Paris (1905–1910)

When she arrived in Paris she enrolled at the Académie de La Palette in

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. Unhappy with the mode of teaching, which she thought was too critical, she spent less time at the Académie and more time in galleries around Paris. Her own work during this period was strongly influenced by the art she was viewing including the

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art of

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and

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at the Fauves including

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and Derain. In 1908 she entered into a "marriage of convenience" with German art dealer and gallery owner Wilhelm Uhde, allowing her access to her dowery, and giving Uhde cover for his homosexuality. Sonia Terk gained entrance into the art world via exhibitions at Uhde's gallery and benefited from his connections. Comtesse de Rose, mother of

, was a regular visitor to Uhde's gallery, sometimes accompanied by her son. Sonia Terk met Robert Delaunay in early 1909. They became lovers in April of that year and it was decided that she and Uhde should divorce. The divorce was finalised in August 1910. Sonia was pregnant and she and Robert married on 15 November 1910. Their son

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was born on 18 January 1911. Baron/Damase: p. 20 They were supported by an allowance sent from Sonia's aunt in St. Petersburg. Sonia Delaunay/Jacques Damase: p. 31 Sonia said about Robert: "In Robert Delaunay I found a poet. A poet who wrote not with words but with colours".

Orphism (1911–1913)

In 1911, Sonia Delaunay made a patchwork quilt for Charles's crib, which is now in the collection of the

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in Paris. This quilt was created spontaneously and uses geometry and colour.

"About 1911 I had the idea of making for my son, who had just been born, a blanket composed of bits of fabric like those I had seen in the houses of Ukrainian peasants. When it was finished, the arrangement of the pieces of material seemed to me to evoke cubist conceptions and we then tried to apply the same process to other objects and paintings." Sonia Delaunay

Contemporary art critics recognize this as the point where she moved away from perspective and naturalism in her art. Around the same time,

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works were being shown in Paris and Robert had been studying the colour theories of

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; they called their experiments with colour in art and design ''simultanéisme''. Simultaneous design occurs when one design, when placed next to another, affects both; this is similar to the theory of colours (

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, as used by e.g.

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) in which primary colour dots placed next to each other are "mixed" by the eye and affect each other. Sonia's first large-scale painting in this style was ''Bal Bullier'' (1912–13), a painting known for both its use of colour and movement. Sonia Delaunay by Lothar Wolleh

The Delaunays' friend, the poet and art critic

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, coined the term Orphism to describe the Delaunays' version of

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in 1913. It was through Apollinaire that in 1912 Sonia met the poet

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who was to become her friend and collaborator. Sonia Delaunay described in an interview that the discovery of Cendrars' work “gave me era push, a shock.” She illustrated Cendrars' poem '' La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France'' (''Prose of the Trans-Siberian and of Little Jehanne of France'') about a journey on the

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, by creating a 2m-long accordion-pleated book. Using simultaneous design principles the book merged text and design. The book, which was sold almost entirely by subscription, created a stir amongst Paris critics. The simultaneous book was later shown at the Autumn Salon in Berlin in 1913, along with paintings and other applied artworks such as dresses, and it is said that

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was so impressed with her use of squares in her binding of Cendrars' poem that they became an enduring feature in his own work.

Spanish and Portuguese years (1914–1920)

The Delaunays travelled to Spain in 1914, staying with friends in Madrid. At the outbreak of the

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in 1914 Sonia and Robert were staying in

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, in the Basque Country, with their son still in Madrid. They decided not to return to France. In August 1915 they moved to Portugal, where they shared a home with Samuel Halpert and Eduardo Viana. They discussed an artistic partnership with Viana and their friends

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, whom the Delaunays had already met in Paris, and

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. In Portugal she painted ''Marché au Minho'' (''Market in Minho'', 1916), which she later says was "inspired by the beauty of the country". Sonia had a solo exhibition in Stockholm (1916). Sonia Delaunay wearing Casa Sonia creations, Madrid, c

Sonia Delaunay wearing Casa Sonia creations, Madrid, c

The

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brought an end to the financial support Sonia received from her family in Russia, and a different source of income was needed. In 1917 the Delaunays met

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in Madrid. Sonia designed costumes for his production of ''Cleopatra'' (stage design by

) and for the performance of

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in Barcelona. In Madrid she decorated the ''Petit Casino'' (a nightclub) and founded ''Casa Sonia'', selling her designs for interior decoration and fashion, with a branch in

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. She was the center of a Madrid

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. Sonia Delaunay travelled to Paris twice in 1920 looking for opportunities in the fashion business, and in August she wrote a letter to

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stating she wanted to expand her business and include some of his designs. Poiret declined, claiming she had copied designs from his ''Ateliers de Martine'' and was married to a French deserter (

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). Galerie der Sturm in Berlin showed works by Sonia and Robert from their Portuguese period the same year.

Return to Paris (1921–1944)

Sonia, Robert and their son Charles returned to Paris permanently in 1921 and moved into Boulevard Malesherbes 19. The Delaunays' most acute financial problems were solved when they sold

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at the Jacques Doucet. Sonia Delaunay made clothes for private clients and friends, and in 1923 created fifty fabric designs using geometrical shapes and bold colours, commissioned by a manufacturer from

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. Soon after, she started her own business and ''simultané'' became her registered trademark. For the 1923 staging of

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's play '' Le Cœur à Gaz'' she designed the set and costumes. In 1924 she opened a fashion studio together with

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. Her customers included Nancy Cunard,

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and

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. With Heim she had a pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, called ''boutique simultané''. Sonia Delaunay gave a lecture at the Sorbonne on the influence of painting on fashion. Sonia designed costumes for two films: '' Le Vertige'' directed by Marcel L'Herbier and '' Le p'tit Parigot'', directed by René Le Somptier, and designed some furniture for the set of the 1929 film Parce que je t'aime (''Because I love you''). During this period, she also designed haute couture textiles for Robert Perrier, while participating actively in his artistic salon, R-26. The

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caused a decline in business. After closing her business, Sonia Delaunay returned to painting, but she still designed for Jacques Heim, Metz & Co, Perrier and private clients. She said "the depression liberated her from business". 1935 the Delaunays moved to rue Saint-Simon 16. By the end of 1934 Sonia was working on designs for the 1937

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne The ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne'' (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Both the Palais de Chaillot, housing the M ...

, for which she and Robert worked together on decorating two pavilions: the ''Pavillon des Chemins de Fer'' and the ''Palais de l'Air''. Sonia however did not want to be part of the contract for the commission, but chose to help Robert if she wanted. She said "I am free and mean to remain so." The murals and painted panels for the exhibition were executed by fifty artists including

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, Jacques Villon, Roger Bissière and

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. Robert Delaunay died of cancer in October 1941.

Later life (1945 – 1979)

After the second world war, Sonia was a board member of the

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for several years. Sonia and her son Charles in 1964 donated 114 works by Sonia and Robert to the

. Alberto Magnelli told her "she and

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were the only living painters to have been shown at the

". In 1966 she published ''Rythmes-Couleurs'' (colour-rhythms), with 11 of her

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s reproduced as pochoirs and texts by Jacques Damase, Baron/Damase: p. 194. Rythmes-Couleurs is an

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in a limited edition of 120 copies. and in 1969 ''Robes poèmes'' (poem-dresses), also with texts by Jacques Damase containing 27 pochoirs. For Matra, she decorated a

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. In 1975 Sonia was named an officer of the

. From 1976 she developed a range of textiles, tableware and jewellery with French company Artcurial, inspired by her work from the 1920s. Her autobiography, ''Nous irons jusqu'au soleil'' (''We shall go up to the sun'') was published in 1978.Sonia Delaunay, Jacques Damase, Patrick Raynaud (1978): ''Nous irons jusqu'au soleil'', Editions Robert Laffont, In 1967 (25 February – 5 April) she was a part of an exhibition of artist-decorated cars entitled 'Cinq voitures personnalis''é''es par cinq artistes contemporains' ('Five Cars Personalized by Five Contemporary Artists') organized by the journal R''é''alités as a fundraiser for French medical research. She designed the pattern for a Matra 530 by experimenting with optical effects causing the car to recompose the pattern into a light blue shade when in motion 'so as not to attract other drivers' attention to the point of causing accidents through distraction.' Sonia Delaunay died 5 December 1979, in Paris, aged 94. She was buried in Gambais, next to Robert Delaunay's grave. Her son,

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, became an expert in jazz music during the 1930s. He was a jazz critic, organizer of jazz concerts and a founder of the Hot Club of France (the first jazz club in France) and the first editor of ''Jazz Hot Magazine'', the club's official publication.

Legacy

Delaunay's painting ''Coccinelle'' was featured on a stamp jointly released by the French Post Office, La Poste and the United Kingdom's

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in 2004 to commemorate the centenary of the

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. US fashion designer Perry Ellis devoted his fall 1984 collection to Delaunay, producing knits and prints in Delaunay colors and patterns.

Retrospectives

Aberbach Fine Art, 988 Madison Avenue, January - February 1974. Sonia Delaunay was one of the artists presented in the retrospective group exhibition ''Dada is Dada'' at Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Sweden, running from 2017-11-17 to 2018-05-20.

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