the cardiff team robert delaunay

the cardiff team robert delaunayRobert Delaunay's Cardiff Team is an orphic work that depicts a rugby team, with an abstract and geometric approach. The painting features simplified, stylised forms of players surrounded by an array of geometric shapes and bright colours to create a dynamic and energetic composition. Delaunay uses lines, triangles and circles to convey the movement of the players and the action of the match. The contrasting, bright colours reinforce the effect of

this work represents "balance" and "harmony"

Delaunay fragments the structure of the Eiffel Tower into a series of lines

Claude Monet was in fact inspired by one of the Japanese prints in his private collection

express a sense of distance from Western reality

A cloudy sky unfolds in the background

The composition highlights a row of traditional houses with white facades and sloping roofs

evoking a visual musical score

the Haussmann buildings and the trees lining the Quai du Louvre

as shown by the details of the birch bark and the touches of colour that make up the foliage

like windows to the outside world

Painted in 1870

This is the second version of "Still Life with Ginger Pot"