orphism
(1912)
Term used by the French poet GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE (1880-1918) to describe paintings exhibited by Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) at the 'Section d'Or' exhibition in 1912 and in Berlin in 1913.
Apollinaire perceived the romantic aspect of this non-representational color abstraction, which had some links with cubism and music. However, Delaunay was later to trace its links with neo-impressionism and synchromism painting, and to stress the importance of simultaneisme.
Source:
V Spate, Orphism (Oxford, 1980)