Biological Theory - About the vol 19 cover
Our cover for 2024 features Rythme no 1, décoration pour le Salon des Tuileries (1938, 529 x 592 cm, oil on canvas) by French artist Robert Delaunay (1885–1941), an early key figure in the development of abstract art. The painting was one of several large canvases commissioned for the Salon des Tuileries exhibition. Delaunay’s work, marked by the use of brilliant colors and geometric forms, reflects his studies and experimentation with color theory. He wrote about contrasting color and the use of light, and explored the possibilities of color to convey an illusion of movement, as part of the Orphic Cubism art movement he co-founded.