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Sonia Delaunay Ukranian Russian Oil on Board

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Sonia Delaunay Ukranian Russian Oil on Board
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Oil on board. Abstract expressionist composition. Signed and attr. Sonia Delaunay on lower left corner. 17.5 x 14 in. (44.5 x 35.6 cm). She was born Sonia Illinitchna Stern to a Jewish Ukrainian family. At the age of seven she went to live with her comparatively wealthy uncle Henri Terk and his wife, Anna, in St Petersburg, Russia. The Terks offered her a privileged and cultured upbringing in St Petersburg. Nevertheless, her childhood memories of Ukraine remained with her and she often referred back to the ‘pure’ colour and bright costumes of the Ukrainian peasant weddings. Sonia Delaunay was a multi-disciplinary abstract artist and key figure in the Parisian avant-garde. Alongside her husband, Robert Delaunay, she pioneered the movement Simultanism. Her exploration of the interaction between colours has created a sense of depth and movement throughout her oeuvre.