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Saturday, October 05, 2024

Sonia Delaunay - Galerie Zlotowski, Galerie Roger Viollet

 
Wednesday we went to a pre-preview 

Double show of Sonia Delaunay At Galerie Zlotowski & Galerie Roger Viollet.


I first fell in love with Sonia at the 2014 retrospective at musee des Arts Moderne.
It’s perfect timing for a new exhibit just after Paris Fashion Week 
To experience the stunning influence of Delaunay on the art & fashion world of her time..
Born in Odessa, Ukraine (1885 - 1979) at 5 Sonia was adopted by her wealthy uncle and moved to Saint Petersburg. She started painting at 14 and at 20 moved to Paris.
After a marriage of convenience to a gallerist (who exhibited her work)
She met her husband painter 🎨 Robert Delaunay.
Together they created ‘Simultaneism’, 
Noted for its strong, primary colors & abstract, geometric shapes. 
It began with an abstract, patchwork baby quilt 🧵 Sonia made for their son, Charles (1911).
Everyone wanted her ‘look’
She saw clothing as ‘performative artworks’.
My attempt to emulate SD…
Pretty soon she was designing interiors; rugs, wallpaper, textiles.
Designing cars 🚗 
Designing costumes for
Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe.
Delaunay was friends with costume designer, Leon Bakst.
Sonia lived to be 94, painting till the end. For a much better explanation of her life’s work listen to  this Youtube Cooper Hewitt lecture 📖 
The Seine obliged with geometric colors to end the galerie evening

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19 comments:

  1. Ga9:40 AM

    Love the bright colors and all of the shapes plus I discovered an artist I was not familiar with.Thanks Carol, there is always an element of education in your posts🗼❤️

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    1. Anonymous10:11 AM

      Yes, many do not know Sonia Delaunay. They do know her husband’s Eiffel Tower murals, who she promoted assiduously after his death.

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  2. sally11:07 AM

    An abstract baby quilt! Love that idea. From Lancaster County quilt country, Sally

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    1. Anonymous3:00 AM

      Some artists make everything in their lives a creation 👏

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  3. Linda Scott12:06 PM

    Merci Carol for this🎨 wonderful and as always informative post!

    I did not know about this artist ! Or at least I do not remember from art history classes this artist!!!
    I must say I did not know of her husbands work either so
    It was a real art history eye opener for me today
    Your posts are the highlight of my day 🗼💗🎨
    Bonjour to Bear 🐻🐾

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    1. Anonymous2:59 AM

      Thank you ❤️
      Sonia Delaunay is not readily taught in most art schools.
      Why it’s a delight to have TWO shows on in Paris at Galerie Zlotowski & Roger Viollet galerie.

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    2. Linda Scott5:03 PM

      Yes two art Shows at the same time beautiful I loved it all the clothes the furniture the cars!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous3:36 PM

    Sigh. Thank you for this posting, Carol. I love her work.

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    1. Anonymous2:57 AM

      Sonia is an incredible artist/creator and an iconic figure for women artists.
      Fearless.

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  5. Jamie Cat Callan5:37 PM

    Oh, Carol--it was an honor to attend the exhibit with you! Thank you so much for introducing me to Sonia and her amazing work. Love you, Jamie

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    1. Anonymous2:50 AM

      My pleasure Jamie ❤️

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  6. Bonnie L8:12 PM

    Another thank you for introducing us to such an interesting character. You not only entertain us with your Paris adventures, you also educate and inform. I had never heard of Sonia Delaunay. I’m really drawn to her use of color and her paintings. ❤️

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    1. Anonymous2:54 AM

      Sonia Delaunay was an exceptional artist and worth exploring. Her husband, Robert is more well known, thanks to her efforts after he past in 1941.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Delaunay

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  7. Kirra3:42 AM

    I like her painting, colourful and shapes. Sounds like her idea to me, starting with that baby quilt! Thanks as always Carol, I love your paintings too.

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  8. Anonymous9:37 AM

    Love Sonia since long. Her paintings are second to none. Thanks for this post,Carole. For women in the first decades of 20th century, life and family wasn't easy, let alone, painting, sculpting and the like.

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  9. Anonymous4:58 AM

    "...painted to the end...." Sketchbook Wandering....

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  10. Dee Ann5:12 PM

    So informative….love this post.

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  11. Isa Marie11:00 AM

    Thank you dear Carol for this so nice post. I like Sonia Delaunay since long, her colors, her style !
    And I was very glad to meet you yesterday at Automne Tropical, I have subscribed to your newsletter since a long time, I love all your posts and your style, as for Sonia Delaunay in fact ;)
    Amitiés d'Isa Marie, j'espère que nous nous retrouverons bientôt

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  12. Isa Marie9:05 AM

    Merci pour ce très beau post chère Carol, vous me donnez envie d'aller voir l'exposition à mon tour. J'avais vu celle du Musée d'Art Moderne il y a longtemps.
    Et je suis heureuse de vous avoir rencontrée "en vrai" lors d'Automne Tropical mercredi, je suis abonnée à votre newsletter depuis longtemps et c'est toujours un plaisir de vous lire
    Bien amicalement

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