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It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world.
Robert Delaunay
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Robert Delaunay
Age: 56 †
Born: 1885
Born: April 12
Died: 1941
Died: October 25
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