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Sonia Delaunay
(1885-1979)

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«Madame Delaunay a fait un si beau livre de couleurs que mon poème est plus trempé de lumière que ma vie»: en 1912, la peintre Sonia Delaunay rencontre, chez son ami Guillaume Apollinaire, le poète Blaise Cendrars. L’année suivante, les deux artistes créent leur premier ouvrage simultané. Avec La Prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France ,composé à quatre meins, texte et couleurs correspondent d’une façon nouvelle. La poésie, aussi textuelle que plastique, se développe sur un support de deux mètres de haut, entre livre et tableau, entre lecture et contemplation. Dans son atelier de la rue Saint Simon, Delaunay, déjà intéressée par la reliure, ne se contente pas d’illustrer les mots de son ami. Elle déploie les vives couleurs qui caractérisent son travail, héritagecelles des tissus et habitats traditionnels de son enfance, évoquant de façon non figurative le rythme du célebre train qui donng son nom à l’œuvre.

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The myth of Saint-Germain" - personalities who contributed to the history of the neighborhood, an exhibition on display at the metro station of Saint-Germain. For more details, see the following sign Click for sign's details

The letter displayed at the top of the sign indicates the letter in the name of the station dedicated to the current personality, as can be seen in the following photo taken on the same day, which also includes the photo of Sonia Delaunay Click for a larger image

Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) French artist born in Ukraine. Known as the founder of the art movement "Orphism", a current of cubism that uses bright colors. In addition to painting, I also deal in fashion design, textiles and more.
She was awarded the title of Officer of the French Legion of Honor
The art book "La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France" mentioned on the sign is a joint work of Delaunay and the writer Cendrars, a work of text combined with painting.

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Sonia Delaunay
(1885-1979)

“Madame Delaunay has made such a beautiful book of colors that my poem is more drenched in light than my life”: in 1912, the painter Sonia Delaunay met the poet Blaise Cendrars, at the home of her friend Guillaume Apollinaire. The following year, the two artists created their first simultaneous work. With The Prose of the Transsiberian and Little Jehanne of France, composed in four hands, text and colors correspond in a new way. Poetry, as textual as it is plastic, develops on a two-meter high support, between book and painting, between reading and contemplation. In her workshop on rue Saint Simon, Delaunay, already interested in bookbinding, did not just illustrate her friend’s words. She deploys the bright colors that characterize her work, inherited from the fabrics and traditional habitats of her childhood, evoking in a non-figurative way the rhythm of the famous train which gives its name to the work.

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