Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)

1914

Prismes électriques by Sonia Delaunay

Artwork · Women Artists

Prismes électriques by Sonia Delaunay

Inspired by technological and mechanical innovations of the time, this key work of the Orphism movement sought to explore the effects of color and light in abstract art. Delaunay’s masterful command of color and her pioneering use of abstraction would prove to be enduringly influential.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

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Sonia Delaunay

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Orphism

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abstraction, color, light, Orphism, technology
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