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Robert Delaunay Biography
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1885 |
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Born in Paris, France
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1902 |
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After secondary education, he apprenticed in a studio for theater sets in Belleville
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1903 |
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Started painting and was exhibiting by 1904
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1904 - 1906 |
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Work was shown at the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Indépendants
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1905 - 1907 |
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Befriended Henri Rousseau and Jean Metzinger and studied the color theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul
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1907 - 1908 |
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Served in the military in Laon, and upon returning to Paris had contact with the Cubists
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1912 |
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First solo show at the Galerie Barbazanges, Paris
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1918 |
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Designed decor for the Ballets Russes
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1914 - 1920 |
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Lived in Spain and Portugal and became friends with Sergei Diaghilev, Leonide Massine, Diego Rivera, and Igor Stravinsky
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1941 |
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Died in Montpellier, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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200 - 2001
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Oct. 20 - Feb. 21, "Sonia and Robert Delaunay" , Picasso Museum. Madrid
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1999
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Sept. 10 - Nov. 21, "Robert Delaunay. Sonia Delaunay - Works from the Centre Pompidou", Hamburg Kunsthalle
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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