Delaunay

[ duh-law-ne ]

noun

1. Ro·bert [r, oh-, ber], 1885–1941, French painter.

Delaunay

/ dəlonɛ /

noun

1. DelaunayRobert18851941MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism

Example Sentences

But Delaunay, who was a born speculator, undertook seven or eight other commercial enterprises.

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This vielle, elegant in form and tastefully inlaid with ivory, bears the inscription "Delaunay."

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There he became the trusted and devoted friend of Mdlle Delaunay, with whom he carried on an interesting correspondence.

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“But even nursery governesses are human, I am told,” said DeLaunay, showing his white teeth.

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She picked them up before DeLaunay could reach her, opening the newspapers, both of which bore signs of mutilation.

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