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Delaunay concentrated on Impressionism , while his later works were more Abstract , reminiscent of Paul Klee . His key influence related to bold use of Colour , and a clear love of experimentation of both depth and Tone . While he was child, Delaunay's parents Divorce d, and he was raised by his Uncle , in La Ronchère (near Bourges ). He took up painting at an early age, and by 1903 , he was producing mature imagery in a confident, impressionistic style. In 1908 , after a term in the military working as a regimental librarian, he met Sonia Terk , who he later married, but at the time she was married to a German art dealer. In 1909 , Delaunay began to paint the series of studies of the city of Paris and the Eiffel Tower . The Following Year , he married Terk, and the couple settled in a studio apartment in Paris, where they later had a son. At the invitation of Wassily Kandinsky , Delaunay joined ''The Blue Rider'' ('' Der Blaue Reiter ''), a Munich -based group of Abstract artists, in 1911 , and his art took a turn to the abstract. The outbreak of World War I found Delaunay and his wife vacationing in Spain , and they settled with friends in Portugal for the duration of the conflict. During this period, the couple took on several jobs designing costumes for the Madrid Opera , and Sonia Delaunay started a fashion design business. After the war, in 1921 , they returned to Paris. Delaunay continued to work in a mostly abstract style. During the 1937 World's Fair In Paris , Delaunay participated in the design of the railway and air travel pavilions. When World War II erupted, the Delaunays moved to the Auvergne , in an effort to avoid the invading German forces. Suffering from Cancer , Delaunay was unable to endure being moved around, and his health deteriorated. He died October 25 , 1941 in Montpellier . EXTERNAL LINKS
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