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Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

French, 1877 – 1953
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Raoul Dufy was a French Fauvist painter. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textile as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, scenic designer, a designer of furniture and a planner of public spaces.

Dufy was born into a large family at Le Havre, in Normandy. He had a younger brother, Jean Dufy, who also became an artist. Dufy left school at the age of fourteen to work in a coffee-importing company. In 1895, when he was 18, he started taking evening classes in art at Le Havre's École des Beaux-Arts (municipal art school). The classes were taught by Charles Lhuillier, who forty years earlier had been a student of the French portrait painter Ingres. There Dufy met Raimond Lecourt [fr] and Othon Friesz, with whom he later shared a studio in Montmartre and to whom he remained a lifelong friend. During that period Dufy painted mostly Norman landscapes in watercolors.

In 1900, after a year of military service, Dufy won a scholarship to the École Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where again he crossed paths with Othon Friesz. (He was there when Georges Braque also was studying.) He concentrated on improving his drawing skills. The impressionist landscape painters, such as Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, influenced Dufy profoundly. His first exhibition (at the Exhibition of French Artists) took place in 1901. Introduced to Berthe Weill in 1902, Dufy showed his work in her gallery. Then he exhibited again in 1903 at the Salon des Indépendants. A boost to his confidence: the painter, Maurice Denis, bought one of his paintings. Dufy continued to paint, often in the vicinity of Le Havre, and, in particular, on the beach at Sainte-Adresse, made famous by Eugène Boudin and Claude Monet. In 1904, with his friend, Albert Marquet, he worked in Fecamp on the English Channel (La Manche).

Henri Matisse's Luxe, Calme et Volupté, which Dufy saw at the Salon des Indépendants in 1905 directed his interests towards Fauvism. Les Fauves (the wild beasts) emphasized bright color and bold contours in their work. Dufy's painting reflected this aesthetic until about 1909 when contact with the work of Paul Cézanne led him to adopt a somewhat subtler technique. However, it was not until 1920, after he had flirted briefly with yet another style, Cubism, that Dufy developed his own distinctive approach. It involved skeletal structures, arranged with foreshortened perspective, and the use of thin washes of color applied quickly, in a manner that came to be known as stenographic. Dufy's cheerful oils and watercolors depict events of the time period, including yachting scenes, sparkling views of the French Riviera, chic parties, and musical events. The optimistic, fashionably decorative, and illustrative nature of much of his work has meant that his output has been less highly valued critically than the works of artists who have addressed a wider range of social concerns.

Dufy completed one of the largest paintings ever contemplated, a huge and immensely popular ode to electricity, La Fée Electricité (oil on plywood) for the 1937 Exposition Internationale in Paris.

Dufy also acquired a reputation as an illustrator and as a commercial artist. He painted murals for public buildings; he also produced a huge number of tapestries and ceramic designs. His plates appear in books by Guillaume Apollinaire, Stéphane Mallarmé, and André Gide.

In 1909, Raoul Dufy was commissioned by Paul Poiret to design stationery for the house, and after 1912 designed textile patterns for Bianchini-Ferier used in Poiret's and Charvet's garments.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Dufy exhibited at the annual Salon des Tuileries in Paris. By 1950, his hands were struck with rheumatoid arthritis and his ability to paint diminished, as he had to fasten the brush to his hand. In April he went to Boston to undergo an experimental treatment with cortisone and corticotropin, based on the work of Philip S. Hench. It proved successful, and some of his next works were dedicated to the doctors and researchers in the United States. In 1952 he received the grand prize for painting in the 26th Venice Biennale. Dufy died at Forcalquier, France, on 23 March 1953, of intestinal bleeding, which was a likely result of his continuous treatment. He was buried near Matisse in the Cimiez Monastery Cemetery in Cimiez, a suburb of the city of Nice.

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Au casino

Au casino (circa 1925)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
La baie de Sainte-Adresse

La baie de Sainte-Adresse

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Le Pesage à Deauville

Le Pesage à Deauville (circa 1930)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
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Le train bleu

Le train bleu (1935)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
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Nature morte à l’artichaut

Nature morte à l’artichaut

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Nature morte et bateaux

Nature morte et bateaux (circa 1923)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Bateaux

Bateaux (circa 1930)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Chinon

Chinon (1937)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Dépiquage au ciel orageux

Dépiquage au ciel orageux (1946)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Dépiquage au soleil

Dépiquage au soleil (1943)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Elégants et élégantes sur la pelouse

Elégants et élégantes sur la pelouse

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Le dépiquage bleu

Le dépiquage bleu (1948)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Le Grand champ de blé

Le Grand champ de blé (1933)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Le petit Mozart

Le petit Mozart (1949)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Livre d’or de Marianne

Livre d’or de Marianne (1927)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Naïade rouge

Naïade rouge (1926-30)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Régates à Cowes

Régates à Cowes (1929)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Sainte-Adresse, la plage

Sainte-Adresse, la plage (1909)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Saint-Paul de Vence

Saint-Paul de Vence (circa 1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Violon rouge sur fond bleu

Violon rouge sur fond bleu (1946)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Voiliers dans le port de Deauville

Voiliers dans le port de Deauville (circa 1935)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Vue de Vence au pied de Saint-Jeannet

Vue de Vence au pied de Saint-Jeannet (circa 1927)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Abstract
Madrigaux pl 25

Madrigaux pl 25 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
Madrigaux pl 24

Madrigaux pl 24 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
Madrigaux pl 23

Madrigaux pl 23 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
Madrigaux pl 22

Madrigaux pl 22 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
Madrigaux pl 21

Madrigaux pl 21 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
Madrigaux pl 20

Madrigaux pl 20 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
Madrigaux pl 19

Madrigaux pl 19 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
Madrigaux pl 18

Madrigaux pl 18 (1920)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877 – 1953)
Illustration
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