“Interpreted as an ode to modernity, Prismes Electriques was inspired by a walk down the Boulevard Saint- Michel in Paris, when Sonia Delaunay and her artist husband Robert came upon newly installed electric lamplights. Both artists agreed to try to recreate the glow of the lights in their artworks.” wocomoCULTURE Read More Orphism at Guggenheim…

“A joyful testament to Sonia Delaunay’s fruitful and happy years on the Iberian peninsula, Nature morte portugaise is a powerful expression of colour, movement and light that immerses the viewer in the raucous, sensual atmosphere of the sun-drenched Portuguese marketplace. Painted in the challenging new medium of wax, this work is a superb example of the…

“The artist’s main purpose in Portugaise assise is not simply to represent a local woman, at her work, but to study light – the particularly warm and clear light of northern Portugal, which Delaunay has divided and recomposed into a riotous cacophony of colour and movement that immerses the viewer in the raucous, sensual atmosphere…