Sonia Delaunay Fashion and Fabrics - Softcover

Jacques Damase

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500279470 ISBN 13: 9780500279472

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

The Russian artist Sonia Delaunay, who with her husband Robert Delaunay was a leading light of the Cubist splinter movement, Orphism, branched out after the First World War into a distinctive career of her own. Between 1920 and 1930, she produced some of the most striking and original fabric designs of modern times. She was the inventor of abstract designs for fabrics, and her materials were the rage among fashionable circles in the Art Deco era. Jacques Damase, the French publisher and art historian, inherited Delaunays original designs and fabric samples, many of which were photographed for the first time for this book. His personal, informative introduction is complemented by a selection of writings by Delaunays contemporary admirers and critics.

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Review:

The definitive work on the Russian artist. --somethingaboutmagazine.com

Synopsis:

The Russian artist Sonia Delaunay, who with her husband Robert Delaunay was the leading light of the shot-lived Cubist splinter movement, Orphism, developed her own distinctive career after World War I. Between 1920 and 1930, she produced some striking and original fabric designs. Gloria Swanson and various French film stars, the unconventional socialite Nancy Cunard, and the wife of the Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer were all dressed by Delaunay. She designed interiors in collaboration with the Paris architect Mallet-Stevens and created costumes for the early films of Marcel L'Herbier; her fabrics were sold by the most exclusive department stores in the world; Jean Cocteau and Blaise Cendrars wrote about her fashion designs, and her decorated scarves are known to have had an influence on the work of Paul Klee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0500279470
• ISBN 13: 9780500279472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176