Raoul Dufy - part 12

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 12 of 18 on the works of Raoul Dufy: 

c1938 Distilling Calvados in a Normandy Orchard
pen and ink 60.8 x 66 cm
© V&A, London

c1938 Study for the Bar of the Palais de Chaillot
gouache and watercolour on paper 50 x 58 cm

1939 Bather in the Cabins
oil on board 51 x 40.8 cm

1939 Exhibition of the Society of Artist Decorators
lithographic poster 40 x 28.9 cm (sheet)
MoMA, New York
 © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

1939 Harlequin
lithograph on paper 47.3 x 36.3 cm

1939 Harvesters in the Langres
oil on canvas 50.5 x 73.4 cm

1939 On Board the Fleet
oil on panel 23.2 x 38 cm

1939 Rainbow over Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon
oil on board 16.5 x 26 cm

1939 Regatta at Nogent-Le Perreux
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.2 x 65.7 cm

1939 The Aviary
watercolour on paper 65.4 x 50.2 cm

1939-40 Rain on the Arbour
oil on panel 23.5 x 38 cm

c1939 Lying Nude
oil on board 38.7 x 50.2 cm

1940 Bouquet of Mimosas in front of the Window in Céret
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.4 x 66.5 cm

1940 Cannes
gouache and watercolour over pencil on paper 49.6 x 65 cm

1940 Fishing Boats in Cannes
 ink on paper 50.5 x 66.2 cm

1940 Reception
oil on panel 23 x 38.2 cm

1940 Still Life with Jug
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.2 x 66 cm

c1940 Portrait of Berthe
oil on paper 38.1 x 33 cm

c1940 The Avenue
oil on canvas 37.8 x 95.5 cm

1941 Bouquet of Roses
gouache and watercolour on paper 48.9 x 64.4 cm

1941 Chopin
oil on canvas 22.3 x 26.7 cm

1941 Flowers
chromolithography 25 x 33 cm

1941 Harlequin in Venice playing the Violin
gouache on paper 65 x 50 cm

1941 Harlequin in Venice, yellow Violin
watercolour and gouache on paper 66 x 50 cm

1941 Landscape at Vernet-les-Bains
gouache and watercolour over pencil on paper 50.2 x 66.6 cm

1941 Nicolas Karjinsky playing the Cello
oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm

1941 Orchestra
gouache and watercolour over pen 50 x 64.7 cm

1941 The Opera, with red Curtains
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.7 x 66.5 cm

1941 Vernet-les-Bains
watercolour on paper 50 x 66. cm

c1941 Bouquet of Roses
gouache on paper 51.5 x 67.5 cm

1941c Mozart
oil on board 24.7 x 49.7 cm

c1941 Orchestra
watercolour and ink on paper 49.9 x 64.9 cm

c1941 The beautiful Summer
gouache and watercolour on paper 33 x 50.2 cm

c1941 View of the Tour de Vernet-les-Bains
watercolour and gouache on paper 50.2 x 66.5 cm

1942 Anemones
ink on paper 33.5 x 40.7 cm

1942 Arum Flower Bouquet
watercolour, gouache and traces of pencil on paper
 50 x 65.3 cm

1942 Naked by the Arbour
oil on panel 17 x 43 cm

1942 Nude in the Armchair in the Bedroom at Aix-les-Bains
gouache on paper 50.3 x 66.1 cm

1942 Nude in the Perpignan Studio
watercolour and pencil on paper 50.1 x 55.6 cm

1942 Orchestra
oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm

1942 Portrait of Bertha
oil on panel 28 x 23 cm

1942 The Pyrenees
watercolour and gouache on paper 50 x 65.8 cm

1942 The Saint-Jean Cemetery
gouache and watercolour on paper 48.7 x 62.4 cm

1942 The Seine, the Oise and the Marne
oil on panel 8.2 x 24.2 cm

1942 The Three Graces
oil on canvas 73.7 x 92.7 cm

1942 Yellow Orchestra
oil and pen and ink on board 18.7 x 42.5 cm

1942-43 Studio in Perpignan
oil on canvas 33.2 x 41.4 cm

1942-48 Grand Orchestra
oil on canvas 50 x 61 cm

c1942 Marguerites
gouache and watercolour on paper 51.7 x 66 cm

c1942 The Artist's Studio
ink on paper 49.7 x 66 cm
MoMA, New York
 © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

c1942 The Orchestra
gouache, watercolour, brush and ink on paper 34.7 x 48.6 cm

c1942 The Statue and two Urns
oil on panel 24.5 x 50 cm

c1942 Vase of Anemones
gouache on card 66 x 50 cm

c1942 Vase of Flowers
gouache over pencil 50 x 65 cm

1943 Back Yard
watercolour and gouache on paper 50.5 x 65.1 cm