Raoul Dufy (1877-1953 )
Raoul Dufy by Gjon Mili
Time & Life Pictures ,1948
Les navires vers le large
Private collection
La Méditerranée,1923
Collection Louis S. Gimbel Jr., New York, USA
Baie des Anges, Nice,1926
Private collection
Dusk at La Baie des Anges, Nice,1932
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Baie des Anges, Nice
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Deauville, le Séchage des Voiles,1933
Oil paint on canvas
Tate,UK
La Sortie des six mètres,1935
Private Collection
Le bassin de Deauville,1938
The Richard Green Gallery
Raoul Dufy’s beginnings were marked by his curiosity towards art in general and his love for painting. In his leisure time from his work as a book-keeper he took evening courses at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre and constantly visited the museums. He formed a close friendship with another young artist, Othon Friesz, and both men were influenced by Eugène Boudin and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.
In 1900 Dufy joined Friesz in Paris, studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Léon Bonnat and encountering the work of Claude Lorrain and the Impressionists. In 1902, the painter Maurice Delcourt introduced Dufy to Berthe Weil, who had a studio in rue Victor Massé. Here she organised exhibitions of avant-garde artists such as Marquet and Matisse. The presence of the Fauve painters at the 1905 Salon des Indépendents proved a revelation. Dufy was particularly impressed by Matisse’s Luxe, calme et volupté, adopting the Fauves’ glowing colours and sweeping brushstrokes in works such as Rue pavoisée, 1906 (Pompidou, Paris).
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Visite de l'escadre anglaise
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges
La visite de l escadre anglaise au havre,1927 - 29
Gouache and watercolour on paper,Masterart
Henley Regatta,1933
Private Collection
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