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Champs de Mars, the Red Tower Robert Delaunay, 1911
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Champs de Mars, the Red Tower

Robert Delaunay Β· 1911

Why it's great

The Eiffel Tower, a glowing red giant, seems to lean and crumble among tiny houses in Robert Delaunay's picture of 1911. He painted the tower again and again and saw it as a symbol of the modern age.

Where to see it

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Hang it on your wall

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About the artist

Robert Delaunay

1885–1941 Β· born in Paris Β· died in Montpellier

Robert Delaunay was a French painter born in Paris in 1885. With his wife Sonia, he invented a colorful style called Orphism and painted the Eiffel Tower, windows and circles of color. He spent the war years in Spain and Portugal, and died in Montpellier in 1941.

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