Galerie Mont The Runners – Robert Delaunay^ Delaunay

Robert Delaunay’s painting The Runners depicts athletes in action, characteristic of his orphic artistic style. The viewer is immediately struck by the explosion of bright colours and the dynamic movement created by the fragmented geometric shapes that make up the runners.

Delaunay uses circles, triangles and rectangles to construct the bodies of the athletes, creating an impression of speed and energy. The contrasting primary and secondary colours accentuate this impression of movement. The figures are superimposed, giving an impression of depth and competition between the runners. This work illustrates Delaunay’s interest in the representation of movement and speed in art, inspired by the technological and scientific advances of the early 20th century.

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