RAOUL DUFY -- A 1940s WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF FARMING, FARM, FRENCH !!! - $10,925 - (Beverly Hills, CA)
WELCOME TO OUR ART-MODERNE 2017 NEW YEAR PRE-SPRING SALE !!! ALL ITEMS ARE HUGELY DISCOUNTED --- ONLY FOR OUR SALE! RAOUL DUFY (1887-1953) AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF FARM LABORERS and HORSES IN A FIELD (Untitled) Circa 1940s SIGNED: RAOUL DUFY (This artwork came without any official COAs or gallery documents attached, hence it is offered in our Sale "as is") FRENCH artist, Raoul Dufy, was born June 3, 1877 in the port town of LE HAVRE. He was a 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 Ecole des Beaux Artes. 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 Fauve artists (the "Wild Beasts"). A 1907 exhibition of Paul Cezanne’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 Apolloinaire’s Bestiary. In 1912 he began to create designs for a textile company, 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 characterized 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 print-maker, creating whimsically drawn e…
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