Exploring the Vibrant World of Orphism: Color, Form, and Harmony

An art movement that emerged in France.

Robert Delaunay, 1912, Windows Open Simultaneously 1st Part, 3rd Motif, oil on canvas, 57 × 123 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Robert Delaunay, 1912, Windows Open Simultaneously 1st Part, 3rd Motif, oil on canvas, 57 × 123 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Orphism or Orphic Cubism, a name coined by the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912.

It was an offshoot of Cubism that focused on pure abstraction and bright colors, influenced by Fauvism, the theoretical writings of Paul Signac, Charles Henry, and the dye chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul.

Robert Delaunay, 1938, Rythme n°1, Decoration for the Salon des Tuileries, oil on canvas.

Robert Delaunay, 1938, Rythme n°1, Decoration for the Salon des Tuileries, oil on canvas.

Orphism was an art movement that emerged in the early 20th century, primarily in France.

Also known as Orphic Cubism or Orphic Abstraction, it was closely related to Cubism and Futurism but had its distinct characteristics.

Orphism was founded by the French painter Robert Delaunay and his wife Sonia Delaunay-Terk, as well as by the poet Guillaume Apollinaire.