Friday, February 8, 2013

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy (1877 – 1953)

View of Paris from Montmartre, 1902


Le Petit Wagon, 1905


Road Bordered by Trees  - circa 1905


Le Yacht anglais, 1906


The Loir- View from the Artist’s Boat (1906)


Le Loir à Durtal (1906)



Anemones (1906)


Le port (1907)


The Boats at Martigues, 1907


Voiliers et Barques dans le Port, 1907


Arcades at L’Estaque, 1908


Le Port du Havre (1908)


L'Atelier de la rue Séguier (The Studio on Seguier Street), 1909


Fountain in Avignon, 1913


Hotel Sube, 1926


Chateau and Horses, 1930


Raoul Dufy, Dusk at La Baie des Anges, Nice, 1932


La Tour Eiffel, 1935


Interieur aux instruments de musique, circa 1940
Watercolor


Open Window in Nice, c. 1942





The Norman Coast


Raoul Dufy painting the fresco La Fée Electricité for the 1937 Exposition Internationale in Paris, 
photo Roger Schall 1936
Raoul Dufy (3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist painter. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, Scenic designer, a designer of furniture, and a planner of public spaces.
source: wikipedia

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