Sonia Delaunay

Sonia Delaunay was born on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Poltava Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a costume designer and set decorator, known for The Small Parisian One (1926), Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse (1961) and L'art et les hommes (1955). She was previously married to Robert Delaunay and Wilhelm Uhde. She died on December 5, 1979 in Paris, France.