Hommage to Bleriot Framing options:Rolled canvas They are theatrically lit with

They are theatrically lit with a pink light evocative of nightlife

Delaunay placed complementary and opposing colors next to each other on the canvas rather than mixing paints on the canvas Ð creating the effect of one hue and the illusion of depth

He treats the motif with a particular and violent palette that one could relate to Fauvism and Expressionism of the following century

This work is often considered the first monochrome in contemporary painting and it remains one of the most famous

several of whom are pictured here dressed in their distinctive Breton regional costume

Hommage to Bleriot Framing options:Rolled canvas They are theatrically lit withThis painting is a tribute to Bleriot, who was the first pilot to cross the English Channel by plane. We see the Eiffel Tower because Bleriot lived in Paris. We discover a plane on the ground, with a propeller and a wheel, and a kind of airship, which is a biplane plane. It's not quite abstract art, but not totally figurative because there are splashes of color.