Picture "The Towers of Laon" (1912), framed
Picture "The Towers of Laon" (1912), framed
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limited, 499 copies | numbered certificate | reproduction, Giclée print on canvas | stretcher frame | studio framing | size 64 x 74 cm
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Picture "The Towers of Laon" (1912), framed
Delaunay did his military service in the small northern French town of Laon with its legendary architectural monuments. The proximity to his Eiffel Tower series is still recognisable. But the coloured areas of the landscape are already almost in one plane. A prelude to the "Fenêtre" pictures.
Original: 1912, oil on canvas, Kunsthalle Hamburg.
Brilliant Reproduced using the Fine Art Giclée process directly on an artist's canvas (100% cotton), on a stretcher frame. Valuable solid wood framing in silver with a shadow gap. Limited to 499 copies, with a numbered certificate. Size 64 x 74 cm.
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About Robert Delaunay
1885-1941
Inspired early on by the Neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat, the Frenchman Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) started to paint together with the group "Der Blaue Reiter" in 1911. At the first exhibition of the artists' group from Munich, he even sold the most paintings of all.
In contrast to Kandinsky, Delaunay focused on light. His window paintings, the "Fenêtre", led him to what Guillaume Apollinaire later named "Orphism": vibrating areas of colour are shaping the form to be depicted. It was during this period that Delaunay finally rejected Abstract Cubism.
In 1912, the "Formes circulaires" which were a further development of his "Fenêtre" series, marked the beginning of abstract painting in France.
The German artists‘ association "Der Blaue Reiter" ("The Blue Rider") was founded in 1911 in Munich by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc during the German Expressionist period.
The name was originally the title of a painting by Kandinsky and also the title of the almanac published by Kandinsky and Marc. Members included Paul Klee and August Macke, among others. The group criticised the prevailing art canon as too academic and elitist, demanding more openness and diversity. The artists turned away from realism and began to paint expressively in an increasingly abstract style using strong colours.
The group disbanded at the beginning of World War I.
Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, to spray".
The Giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format print produced with an inkjet printer using special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The inks are lightfast, meaning they are resistant to harmful UV light. They provide a high level of nuance, contrast, and saturation.
The Giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade paper and watercolour paper as well as silk.