Robert Delaunay French, 1885–1941 · 1911–1923

Champs de Mars: The Red Tower

Robert Delaunay French, 1885–1941

Champs de Mars: The Red Tower

1911–1923

Robert Delaunay's 'Champ de Mars: The Red Tower' (1911) is a key painting of Orphism — the Eiffel Tower against the Champ de Mars in central Paris, rendered in the dynamic prismatic colour of Delaunay's invented branch of Cubism. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.

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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago