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Sonia Delaunay

1885 - 1979

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Sonia Delaunay (French: [sɔnja dəlonɛ]; 14 November 1885 – 5 December 1979) was a French artist born to Jewish parents, who spent most of her working life in Paris. She was born in the Russian Empire, now Ukraine, and was formally trained in Russia and Germany, before moving to France and expanding her practice to include textile, fashion, and set design. She was part of the School of Paris and co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes, with her husband Robert Delaunay and others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonia Delaunay has received more than 693,375 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Sonia Delaunay is the 190th most popular painter (up from 218th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 69th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Painter.

Sonia Delaunay is most famous for her use of color and geometric shapes in her paintings.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sonia Delaunay ranks 190 out of 2,023. Before her are Johannes Itten, Benozzo Gozzoli, Jan Matejko, Maurice de Vlaminck, Domenichino, and Hans Baldung. After her are Helene Schjerfbeck, Giulio Romano, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Utamaro, Pieter de Hooch, and Pietro da Cortona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Sonia Delaunay ranks 22. Before her are André Maurois, Mikhail Frunze, Ernst Busch, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Ernst Bloch, and George de Hevesy. After her are Vladimir Tatlin, Yakov Sverdlov, D. H. Lawrence, Heinrich Brüning, Karl Radek, and George Minot. Among people deceased in 1979, Sonia Delaunay ranks 18. Before her are Mika Waltari, Dennis Gabor, Ludvík Svoboda, Jean Seberg, Mustafa Barzani, and Nelson Rockefeller. After her are Hafizullah Amin, Hanna Reitsch, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Nadia Boulanger, Sid Vicious, and Werner Forssmann.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Sonia Delaunay ranks 74 out of 1,365. Before her are Daniel of Galicia (1201), Sviatoslav Richter (1915), David Oistrakh (1908), Sergey Bubka (1963), Isaac Babel (1894), and Georges Charpak (1924). After her are Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932), Vladimir Tatlin (1885), Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095), Larisa Latynina (1934), Nachman of Breslov (1772), and Andrey Vyshinsky (1883).

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Among PAINTERS In Ukraine

Among painters born in Ukraine, Sonia Delaunay ranks 3. Before her are Kazimir Malevich (1879), and Ilya Repin (1844). After her are Marie Bashkirtseff (1858), Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842), Zinaida Serebriakova (1884), Henryk Siemiradzki (1843), Maria Prymachenko (1908), Leonid Pasternak (1862), Maurycy Gottlieb (1856), Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757), and Cassandre (1901).

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