Raoul Dufy - part 6

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 6 of 18 on the works of Raoul Dufy:

1923 Still Life next to the Sea
watercolour on paper 51.5 x 66.7 cm

1923 Notre-Dame Chapel, Golfe-Juan
watercolour on paper 50.5 x 64.1 cm

1923 Sicilian Landscape
oil on canvas 81.1 x 100.2 cm

1923 Still Life by the Sea
watercolour on paper 51.4 x 66.6 cm

1923 Still life in front of the Sea
oil on canvas 65 x 81.5 cm

1923 The Ancient theatre at Taormina, Sicily
oil on canvas 81.4 x 100.5 cm

1923 The Baou de Saint-Jeannet
oil on canvas 64.5 x 80.6 cm
Tate, London
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022

1923 The Entrance to the Garden
oil on canvas 66 x 81.8 cm

1923 The Palm
watercolour and gouache on paper 50.2 x 63.5 cm

1923 Vence, Provence
oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm

1923 Vence, Provence
oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm

1923-24 Boats in the Port of Deauville
watercolour on paper 47.5 x 61.5 cm

1923-24 Marine Composition, Bathers and Fisherman
gouache on paper 50.1 x 35.6 cm

1923-24 Still Life with Flowers
gouache on paper 50 x 30 cm

c1923 Entrance to the Port of Trouville-Deauville
watercolour on paper 50 x 65.4 cm

c1923 Midi Landscape
watercolour and gouache on paper 50.5 x 59.7 cm

c1923 Regatta with Flags
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper 50 x 65 cm

c1923 Still Life and Boats
gouache on paper 49.5 x 65 cm

c1923 The Cathedral Sainte-Marie-Majeure, Marseille
watercolour on paper 50 x 65.5 cm

c1923 The Open Window on the Beach
watercolour on paper 50 x 66 cm

c1923 Vence
oil on canvas 81.1 x 100.3 cm

1924 Basket of Flowers
opaque and transparent watercolour on cream wove paper 50.7 x 66.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
© 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1924 Bather
oil on canvas 24.5 x 18.2 cm
Private Collection

1924 Circus
gouache on paper 50 x 65 cm

1924 Circus Horses
gouache and watercolour over pencil on paper 50 x 65.5 cm

1924 Deauville
oil on canvas 37.9 x 45.9 cm

1924 Elephants
Patterned Weave, Jacquard Loom on silk 241.3 x 96.5 cm
© 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1924 People on the Beach
watercolour on paper laid down on board 48.3 x 63.2 cm

1924 Regatta
oil on canvas 34 x 41.6 cm

1924 Still life with Strawberries
oil on canvas 46 x 38.5 cm

c1924 Promenade beside the Sea
gouache and watercolour over pencil on paper
49.8 x 64.8 cm

c1924 Open window in Paris with Floral Composition
oil on canvas 108 x 141.1 cm

c1924 Marine Essay
 lithograph 23.8 x 33 cm (image)
MoMA, New York
© 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

c1924 Lower Coast
oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm

c1924-26 Horses, Jockeys and Ladies
watercolour, gouache and traces of pencil on paper 42 x 49.1 cm

1924-25 The Pier in Le Havre
oil on canvas 65.1 x 81 cm

1924-25 The Favourite
gouache on paper laid down on board 50 x 65.7 cm

1924-25 Promenade in Le Havre
watercolour on paper 44 x 59 cm

1924 View of Sainte-Adresse
oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

1924 The Semaphore or the Entrance to the Port of Le Havre
gouache and watercolour on paper 51.3 x 66 cm

c1924 Provencal Landscape, Saint-Jeannet
gouache on paper 48.6 x 61 cm

c1924 Return to the Paddock
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper 56.8 x 76 cm

c1924 Study of Flowers
gouache on paper 34.6 x 34.8 cm

c1924 Sunset on Sainte-Address
gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on board
48.8 x 64.6 cm

c1924 The Fisherman on the Jetty
oil on canvas 65 x 82.1 cm

c1924 The Foamy Sea 
watercolour on paper 48.7 x 63.7 cm

c1924 Vase with Horses and Bathers
glazed painted ceramic 32 cm high

1925 Bathers and Shells
ceramic vase 39.6 cm high

1925 Bathers
gouache on paper 54 x 61.2 cm

1925 Cyclist on the Bridge
India ink on paper 26 x 20.3 cm

1925 Hotel in Cannes
watercolour on paper 49.9 x 65 cm

1925 Indienne à la Perdrix (Partridge Chintz)
cotton plain weave, block-printed 195.5 x 120.6 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
© Estate of Raoul Dufy / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / ADAGP, Paris

1925 Open Window at the Pantheon
gouache and watercolour on paper 71 x 39 cm

1925 Open Window on the Eiffel Tower and the Moulin Rouge
tempera on cardboard mounted on canvas 73 x 42.9 cm