Raoul Dufy - part 15

 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 15 of 18 on the works of Raoul Dufy:

n.d. Ascot
oil on canvas 37.8 x 46 cm

n.d. At the Coffee Shop
watercolour, wash and pencil on paper 28.5 x 35.5 cm

n.d. At the Races
colour screen-print 30.5 x 44.4 cm

n.d. Bather
oil on board (details not given)

n.d. Bathers
lithograph on paper
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
© 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

n.d. Bird Cage
colour lithograph 40 x 30 cm

n.d. Birds of Paradise
ink on paper 44.5 x 34.5 cm

n.d. Birth of Venus and Fountain
gouache, watercolour and pen and black ink on paper
 22.7 x 33.2 cm

n.d. Blueberry Seedlings
gouache 28 x 22.3 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers
watercolour and brush and ink on paper 34 x 42.8 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers
colour lithograph 51.5 x 38 cm

n.d. Boats
watercolour on paper 32.3 x 23.1 cm

n.d. Boats near the Coast
charcoal and gouache 42 x 53 cm

n.d. Boats in Martigues
oil on canvas 65.5 x 31.9 cm

n.d. Boats in a Harbour
watercolour and ink on paper 17.8 x 19.1 cm

n.d. Boats in a Harbour
etching on wove paper 32.4 x 24.8 cm

n.d. Boats in a Harbour
oil on artists board 45.7 x 54.6 cm

n.d. Boats and Shells
watercolour, pen and black ink and pencil on paper 50.3 x 33 cm

n.d. Boardwalk with Palm Tree
watercolour on cream wove paper 22.4 x 28.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

n.d. Bouquet of Roses fabric study
gouache on paper 57 x 75 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Marigolds
colour lithograph 70 x 76 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers
 colour lithograph 27 x 34 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers
colour lithograph 60 x 46 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers
colour lithograph 80 x 62 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.3 x 65.5 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers in front of the Window
gouache and watercolour on paper 49.5 x 64.8 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers
ink, watercolour and gouache on paper 49.6 x 32 cm

n.d. Bouquet of Flowers
watercolour and gouache on paper 50.4 x 65.8 cm

n.d. Butterflies and Flowers
gouache on paper 60 x 46.5 cm

n.d. Butterflies
gouache 48.3 x 25.4 cm

n.d. Butterflies
gouache stencil on tracing paper 39 x 53 cm

n.d. Caldas de Montbuy
watercolour and gouache on paper 50.7 x 66 cm

n.d. Celebration
colour lithograph 59 x 48 cm

n.d. Character Studies for the Electricity Fairy
gouache on paper 65 x 50 cm

n.d. Circus Horses
pencil on paper 31 x 48.5 cm

n.d. Claude Debussy
colour lithograph 43 x 49 cm

n.d. Cowes
oil on canvas 38.5 x 46.5 cm

n.d. Coffee and Sugar
mixed media on paper 32 x 23 cm

n.d. Composition with Fruit
 gouache on paper 19.5 x 11.5 cm

n.d. Concert des Anges
lithograph 37 x 28 cm (image)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

n.d. Cork Oaks in Vallauris
oil on canvas 60 x 73.5 cm

n.d. Course at Deauville
 black ink on paper 24 x 21 cm

n.d. Deauville (or Regatta)
colour lithograph 95 x 100 cm

n.d. Decor Project
ink on tracing paper 31 x 47 cm

n.d. Design for a Fabric Pattern
gouache on paper 22 x 22 cm

n.d. Eagle
wood engraving 30 x 25.5 cm

n.d. Espalier Roses
gouache on paper 44 x 37 cm

n.d. Exotic Flowers on Black Background
gouache on handmade paper 83.5 x 60 cm

n.d. Fabric Design
gouache on India ink on paper 125 x 95 cm

n.d. Fabric Design
gouache over India ink on blue paper 65 x 50.3 cm

n.d. Fabric Design with Flowers
gouache on paper 47 x 31 cm

n.d. Fabric Study, the Escarpolette
watercolour on several sheets, mounted on cardboard 90 x 74.5 cm

n.d. Facade of the Town Hall in Marseille
pen and watercolour 48 x 64 cm

n.d. Portrait
 pencil on paper 45 x 35 cm