Raoul Dufy - part 1

1898 Self Portrait
oil on panel 27.2 x 21.3 cm

Raoul Dufy (born June 3, 1877, Le Havre, France—died March 23, 1953, Forcalquier), French painter and designer noted for his brightly coloured and highly decorative scenes of luxury and pleasure.

In 1900 Dufy went to Paris to attend the École des Beaux-Arts. He painted in an Impressionist style in his early work, but by 1905 he had begun to employ the broad brushstrokes and bright colours typical of the Fauvre artists. A 1907 exhibition of Paul Cézanne’s work convinced Dufy to adopt temporarily more subdued colours and structured compositions. He worked in a Cubist-influenced style with the painters Georges Braque and Émile-Othon Friesz during 1908 and 1909, but he soon returned to his more carefree Fauvist approach.

Dufy was also a successful artist in other media. In 1910 he produced a series of woodcuts to illustrate poet Guillaume Apollinaire’s Bestiary. He began to create designs for a textile company in 1912, and in the 1920s he designed ceramics and tapestries.

In the early 1920s Dufy rededicated himself to painting and began to produce what are now his best-known works. His distinctive style is characterised by bright colours thinly spread over a white ground, with objects sketchily delineated by sensuously undulating lines. Dufy took as his subjects scenes of recreation and spectacle, including horse races, regattas, parades, and concerts. He spent much of his time on the French Riviera and produced series of paintings of Nice (1927), the Bois de Boulogne (1929), and Deauville (1930). He also worked as an illustrator and printmaker, creating whimsically drawn etchings and lithographs in the 1920s and ’30s. Though very popular, his lively, carefree, elegant paintings have been criticised as occasionally bordering on the superficial.

This part 1 of 18 on the works of Raoul Dufy:

c1897-98 Portrait of a woman in profile
oil on canvas 46.3 x 38.5 cm

1898 Brothers and sisters of the artist
watercolour over pencil on paper 49.6 x 61.2 cm

1899 Seaside
watercolour on paper 14.6 x 24.2 cm

1900 The Small Tower
charcoal on paper 21 x 13 cm

1900 Woman at her Table
pencil on paper 32.1 x 24.1 cm

1900c Landscape at L'Estaque
watercolour and pencil on cream laid paper 30.8 x 23.4 cm

c1900 Village in Normandy
watercolour on paper 65 x 50 cm

1901 Norman peasants on the terrace of a café
oil on canvas 43 x 61 cm

1901 The Quays of the Seine
watercolour over charcoal on paper 29.8 x 45.4 cm

1901 The Quays of the Seine, Tournelle Quay
watercolour and pencil on paper 44 x 55.6 cm

1901-02 Street in Montmartre
oil on canvas 46.4 x 55.3 cm

c1901 In the Street
oil on panel 37.7 x 46 cm

1902 Barges at the quay, Paris
watercolour,  brush and ink and pencil on paper 30.1 x 34.3 cm

1902 Church Square and Market in Montvilliers
oil on canvas 38.4 x 48.6 cm

1902 Garden in Falaise
oil on canvas 81.9 x 65.7 cm

1902 The Marie-Christine Baths in Sainte-Adresse
watercolour on paper 48 x 62.5 cm

1902 The Market at Honfleur
 black chalk and ink wash 17.7 x 25.8 cm

1902 The Orchestra of Le Havre
oil on canvas 38.2 x 46.2 cm

1902 The Port of Le Havre
oil on canvas 50.1 x 61.1 cm

c1902-03 View of the Port
oil on canvas 55 x 66 cm

c1902 The Garden
oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm

1903 Canal in Harfleur
oil on canvas 80 x 68 cm

1903 Carnival on the Grand Boulevards
oil on canvas 55 x 66 cm

1903 Church Square in Avignon
oil on canvas 47.4 x 65.4 cm

1903 La Gare Saint-Lazare
watercolour and pencil on paper 32.4 x 24.2 cm

1903 Pochade, Marseille
oil on cardboard 23.5 x 32.4 cm

1903 The Houseboat
watercolour and pencil on paper 30.4 x 38.5 cm

c1903 Market Day in Falaise
oil on canvas 38.2 x 46.4 cm

c1903 Rue Lepic
watercolour, pencil and charcoal 55 x 41.3 cm

1904 An Old Street in Paris
watercolour on paper 53 x 38 cm

1904 Apple Market
oil on canvas 46.2 x 55.7 cm

1904 Bridge on the Seine
oil on panel 46.3 x 55.5 cm

1904 Buildings, Scaffolding, Rue Lepic
oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm

1904 Carnival in Paris
oil on canvas 55.9 x 46.6 cm

1904 La Place d Clichy
oil on canvas 60.5 x 73 cm

1904 La Rue Lepic
oil on canvas 65 x 55 cm

1904 Studio
oil on canvas 46 x 38.4 cm

c1904 The Bridge of the Boat
oil on paper mounted on canvas 23.6 x 31.1 cm

1905 A Country Ball
oil on canvas 48 x 38 cm

1905 Notre-Dame Square
watercolour, crayon, wash and pencil on paper 46 x 57 cm

1905 Marine
oil on canvas 54.1 x 65 cm

1905 Le Quai Colbert
watercolour and gouache on paper 43.8 x 62.2 cm

1905 Carriage at Falaise
oil on canvas 78.3 x 64.4 cm

1905 A Young Woman Reading
watercolour on paper 44 x 32 cm

1905 Rouen Port
colour lithograph 42 x 50.5 cm

c1905 The Fish Market
oil on canvas 45.9 x 55.2 cm

1905-06 Hitching (Rue de Falaise)
oil on canvas 55.9 x 46.3 cm

1905-06 Presumed Self-Portrait
oil on canvas 54.5 x 44.3 cm

1905-06 The Port of Le Havre
oil on canvas 54 x 64.7 cm

c1905-06 In the Garden
oil on canvas 26.7 x 46.3 cm

1906 14 July
oil on canvas 46 x 38.3 cm

1906 Barques
oil on canvas 58.8 x 72.4 cm

1906 Bathers
oil on canvas 65 x 80.8 cm