They became lovers and she unexpectedly became pregnant. She met her next husband, Robert Delaunay, in the gallery. She had to conform to her parents’ traditional values and he wanted to hide his sexuality. Her family was traditional and unappreciative of her career as an artist while Wilhelm was a homosexual. While in Paris, Delaunay married a gallery owner Wilhelm Uhde in 1908 in what is now widely believed to be a marriage of convenience. She did, however, struggle with academics during her time there. She also took inspiration from some of the artists she met. The community was vibrant and her work was vastly influenced by the galleries and museums in the city. Sonia Delaunay in ParisĪ few years later, Delaunay moved to Paris after reading that it was the center of the true art world. She went to an art school in Germany after she graduated high school at age 18 because a teacher remarked on her talent. Unlike her biological parents, the Terks had the resources to travel around Europe and introduce her to art galleries and museums.
This is when she took the name Sonia Terk. She was adopted by her mother’s brother who was a wealthy Jewish lawyer. She was born in the Ukraine in 1885 to a poor family. Born Sarah Ilinitchna Terk, Sonia Delaunay was a European artist who helped create the idea of Orphism in art.
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