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'''Robert Delaunay''' (b. París, 1885 - d. Montpellier, 1947) was a French [[painter]]. In 1912, he painted his first [[abstract]] works, his first "Disc" and "Circular Forms".
'''Robert Delaunay''' (b. París, 1885 - d. Montpellier, 1947) was a French [[painter]]. In 1912, he painted his first [[abstract]] works, his first "Disc" and "Circular Forms".
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Robert Delaunay’s critical role in establishing a fully abstract idiom immediately before World War I continues to assure for him an important place in 20th-century art, however much his reputation remains overshadowed by that of his contemporaries, such as [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Georges Braque]] and [[Henri Matisse]]. <ref> [http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1479 Oxford University Press] The Museum of Modern Art ("MoMA"). </ref>
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*[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/1385 Robert Delaunay.]
*[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/1385 Robert Delaunay.]
== References ==
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[[Category:French Painters]]
[[Category:French Painters]]