Hommage to Blériot
Robert Delaunay · 1914
Why it's great
Circles, bright discs and a tiny propeller whirl across the canvas in honor of Louis Blériot, the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel. Robert Delaunay painted this tribute to flight in 1914.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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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.
