Tate Modern

Sonia Delaunay

15 Apr - 09 Aug 2015

Sonia Delaunay
Syncopated rhythm, so-called The Black Snake 1967
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
© Pracusa 2014083
The EY Exhibition

Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979) was a key figure in the Parisian avant-garde and became the European doyenne of abstract art.

Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, she celebrated the modern world of movement, technology and urban life, exploring new ideas about colour theory together with her husband Robert Delaunay.

This is the first UK retrospective to assess the breadth of her vibrant artistic practice across a wide range of media. It features the groundbreaking paintings, textiles and clothes she made across a sixty-year career, as well as the results of her innovative collaborations with poets, choreographers and manufacturers, from Diaghilev to Liberty.
 

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