Inspiring Artist of the day - Sonia Delaunay
- Moira Carter
- Jul 20, 2017
- 1 min read
A multi talented artist and designer, passionate about art in whatever form it took...
Sonia Delaunay in her studio at boulevard Malesherbes, Paris, France Carrés magiques,1980 Sonia Delaunay Woven Wool Tapestry Sonia Delaunay and two friends - Tate Rythme 1938 Simultaneous dresses (The three women) 1925 - Tate electric prisms 1913 - Tate Pierrot-Éclair costume designed and worn by Sonia Delaunay, on the set of René Le Somptier’s film Le P’tit Parigot 1926 © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris The quilt Sonia Delaunay made for her baby in 1911 - National Museum of Modern Simultaneous fashion - not just the outfits but the car!
"For me there is no gap between my painting and my so-called 'decorative' work. I never considered the 'minor arts' to be artistically frustrating; on the contrary, it was an extension of my art."
Book by the Modernist poet Blaise Cendrars
bound and illustrated by Sonia Delaunay in 1913
I feel the same about the many aspects of my own practice as an artist - it's just what I do!
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