Monday, April 22, 2013

Modern Print Monday: Sonia Delaunay

Sonia Delaunay
Paris

Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) was extremely innovative in the teens and twenties,
applying the new principles of geometric minimalism to repeat pattern.

She is also known as Sonia Delaunay-Terk

Read more about this artist here:
http://www.obit-mag.com/articles/the-colorful-life-of-sonia-delaunay
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4 comments:

  1. Nifty QuiltsApril 22, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    Thank you for the link! She is one of my favorite artists.

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  2. Quilteuse ForeverApril 23, 2013 at 5:31 AM

    She was indeed a great innovative woman!

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  3. DennieleApril 23, 2013 at 7:04 AM

    This is someone new to me but I love what I just saw of her work. That top piece would be great fabric! Thanks.

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  4. cspoonquiltApril 23, 2013 at 7:25 PM

    Wow! What an incredible life/ woman / artist / innovator! You could take one of her designs; quilt it, bind it and put it in a 'Modern Quilts' competition and who would be the wiser? (Remember the story about Norman Rockwell doing a Jackson Pollack?) cheers, Claire W.

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