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Robert Delaunay, (French, 1885 – 1941), Eiffel Tower, c.1925, Oil on burlap,(130.8 x 31.7 cm), The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Who is Robert Delaunay?

Robert Delaunay (1885 – 1941) is a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphismart movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. Delaunay’s key influence relates to bold use of colour and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone. (wikipedia)

Orphism is distinguished by “faceted compositions, vibrant color, and contemporary subject matter that together conveyed delight in the modern life and its technological innovations.” (TheArtStory.)

Though Delaunay’s paintings draw praise, his narcissistic need to be the center of attention causes conflict with family and colleagues. According to The Art Story

Isabella is the Latinate and Italian form of Isabel which is the medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth, the English form of Hebrew ‘Elisheva meaning “my God is an oath” or “my God is abundance”. Isabella is also a surname deriving from the given name.

Nicknames: Bella, Izzy/Izzie, Bell/Bel

Origin: Hebrew

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Variants:

• Isabel (Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German, English)
• Ysabel (Medieval Spanish, English)
• Isabela (Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian)
• Izabel (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Izabella (Hungarian, Polish)
• Izebelle (English)
• Isebella (English)
• Isbel (English)
• Elizabeth (English)
• Zabel (Armenian)
• Elixabete (Basque)
• Elisheba (Hebrew)
• Elisaveta (Bulgarian, Macedonian)
• Elizabeta (Slovene, Croatian)
• Alžběta (Czech)
• Izabela (Polish)
• Isabelle (French, English, German, Dutch)
• Isabell (German, English)
• Liesbeth (Dutch)
• Lijsbeth (Dutch)
• Eliisabet (Estonian)
• Elsa (German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian, English)
• Élisabeth (French)
• Sabela (Galician)
• Elisabed (Georgian)
• Elisavet (Greek)
• Elikapeka (Hawaiian)
• Erzsébet (Hungarian)
• Elísabet (Icelandic)
• Eilís (Irish)
• Eilish (Irish)
• Isibéal (Irish)
• Elisabetta (Italian)
• Elžbieta (Lithuanian)
• Ealisaid (Manx)
• Isabèl (Occitan)
• Elżbieta…

Ellery comes from an English surname, a variant of either Hilary or Eulalie. Hilary is the English form of Hilarius and Hilaria, Ancient Roman names meaning “happy, cheerful” from Latin hilaris via Ancient Greek hilarós from hílaos (gracious, merciful; kind, mild, gentle) deriving from a Proto-Indo-European root word. Eulalie is the French form of Eulalia, an Ancient Greek name meaning “sweetly speaking” or “well-spoken” . Originally used as a masculine name, it’s also become popular for girls making it a unisex name.

Origin: Proto-Indo-European

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Variants:

• Ellerie (English)
• Elleri (English)

Soren is an anglicized form of Søren (Danish, Norwegian) or Sören (Swedish, German) which comes from Ancient Roman family name Severinus derived from Severus meaning “stern, severe, grave” derived from a PIE root word.

Origin: Proto-Indo-European

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Variants:

• Søren (Danish, Norwegian)
• Sören (Swedish, German)
• Severin (German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)
• Séverin (French)
• Severinus (Ancient Roman)
• Severino (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)
• Seweryn (Polish)

Villa Borsig in Berlin-Moabit in a neighbourhood known as Westfälisches Viertel. Built in 1849 forAugust Borsig in what is now Elberfelder Straße, the grand mansion was erected on Borsig’s land together with company’s own ironworks.

Both were surrounded by an elegant park designed by none other than Peter Joseph Lenné (the Berlin garden and park architect and father of, among many others, the Tiergarten). The villa, first out of three magnificent Borsig Villas, survived for less than a century: after the company’s rapid expansion it became necessary to find a bigger site and Borsig’s own property trust, Neu-Bellevue-Aktiengesellschaft, subdivided the land in Moabit into smaller plots, demolished the villa as well as other buildings and before building new streets, felled nearly all the trees in the old Lenné park. 

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