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The Eiffel Tower series of Robert Delaunay (1885–1941) is a cycle of paintings and drawings of the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel. The series was painted in an emerging Orphist style, an art movement co-founded by Robert and Sonia Delaunay and František Kupka that added bright colors and increased abstraction to ...
Robert Delaunay (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ dəlonɛ]; 12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist of the School of Paris movement; [1] who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes.
Woman with Pigs: 1926: Image online [139] Lovers and the Eiffel Tower: 1928: Private collection Image online [140] La danse: 1928: Private collection Image online [141] The Cat Transformed into a Woman: 1928 to 1931: London, Tate Modern: Image online [142] Fruits and Flowers: 1929: Private collection Image online [143] The Rooster: 1930 to 1939 ...
The Eiffel Tower [122] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 197 24.1 × 15.2 More images: 1889 Study for Young Woman Powdering Herself [123] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 198 24.8 × 16 More images: 1888 to 1890 Young Woman Powdering Herself [124] Courtauld Institute of Art, London 199 95.5 × 79.5 More images: 1889 Étude pour Le Chahut [125]
Le Vent, chromolithograph from The Magic Hours (1901-1902). Henri Rivière (March 11, 1864 – August 24, 1951) was a French artist and designer best known for his creation of a form of shadow play at the Chat Noir cabaret, and for his post-Impressionist illustrations of Breton landscapes and the Eiffel Tower.
The Eiffel Tower was then the tallest building in the world, and was considered the French symbol par excellence of modernity, especially at the beginning of the 20th century. Delaunay's Champs de Mars: The Red Tower is primarily intended to radiate the power and dynamism of the modernity and innovation at this time. Its red tower rises like a ...
Marc Chagall [a] (born Moishe Shagal; 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985 [b]) was a Russian and French artist. [c] An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris, as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art ...
2 February – Municipal Council allows women to work as interns in Paris hospitals. 1 June – Huge crowds observe the funeral procession of Victor Hugo, whose remains are placed in the Panthéon. 3 August – First stone laid for the new buildings of the Sorbonne. 1887 January – Construction begins of the Eiffel Tower. The structure is ...