Sonia Delaunay: Simultaneity

1969: Publication in collaboration with Jacques Damase of L’Alphabet and Robes-Poèmes . 1970: Georges Pompidou presents Richard Nixon with a painting by Sonia Delaunay during an official visit to the United States.

1955: Her first solo exhibition in New York is held at the Rose Fried Gallery.

1958: A retrospective is held at the Städtische Kunsthaus in Bielefeld which includes 260 works shown to the public, and that same year, she is made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

1959: Robert and Sonia Delaunay exhibition is held at the Mus e de Lyon.

1973: Sonia is awarded the Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris.

1960: Sonia’s design for Simultané playing cards, published by Bielefelder Spielkarten Fabrik GmbH for the Deutsche Spielkartenmuseum is an immediate success. 1962: Galerie Denise Ren shows 43 gouaches by Sonia and publishes an album of 6 stencils illustrating poems by Rimbaud, Mallarm , Cendrars, Tzara... ( Poésie de mots, poésie de couleurs ). 1963-1964: Sonia and her son Charles donate 114 works by Robert and herself to the French State, to be housed in the Mus e National d’Art Moderne, Paris.

1975: Sonia is named an Officer of the L gion d’Honneur and creates a poster for UNESCO for International Women’s Year.

1978: Publication of her autobiography Nous irons jusqu’au soleil in collaboration with Jacques Damase.

1979: Sonia Delaunay dies on December 5, aged 94.

1964: An exhibition of the Delaunay donation is held at the Mus e du Louvre.

1966: Her collaboration with poet publisher Jacques Damase results in the publication of Rythmes-couleurs. Damase extoled the magical power of art, which Sonia believed sprung from the internal rhythms expressed by contrasting colors.

1967: A major Sonia Delaunay retrospective is held at the Mus e National d’Art Moderne.

Sonia Delaunay in 1925 © Pracusa20240531