Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy (born June 3, 1877 in Le Havre ( Normandy ), † March 23, 1953 in Forcalquier ) was a French painter of Fauvism .
Life
Dufy first attended evening classes at the art school in Le Havre before he went to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris on a scholarship from his hometown . From there, Dufy moved to Léon Bonnat's studio as a student .
A painting by Henri Matisse converted him to Fauvism. In 1909 he visited Munich with his friend and colleague Émile-Othon Friesz and came under the influence of Paul Cézanne .
Since painting did not provide him with the income he needed to survive, Dufy earned his living through ceramic work , woodcuts and designs for tapestries . It was only when he changed his style somewhat in the mid-1920s and then in 1937 and moved from a rather lighter, elegant art to an expressive monumental representation that he received recognition. For example, he was able to decorate the Pavillon de la lumière (pavilion of light or electricity) for the Paris World Exhibition in 1937 , he painted what was then the largest picture in the world, at 600 m².
Some of his works were shown posthumously at documenta 1 (1955) and documenta III in 1964 in Kassel . His brother Jean Dufy (1888–1964) was also a well-known painter.
Works
painting
- Billboard in Trouville ( 1906 , Musée National d'Art Moderne )
- Deauville racecourse ( 1930 , Musée du Luxembourg)
- Hommage à Mozart ( 1952 , web gallery Private Art Collection)
- Nature morte dans la mer ( 1925 , web gallery Private Art Collection)
- Le Paddock a Deauville (around 1930), 54 x 130, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris
Graphics
- Woodcuts for Le bestiaire ou le cortège d'Orphée (Bestiary or the Orpheus procession) by Guillaume Apollinaire , 1911, [1]
Web links
- Literature by and about Raoul Dufy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Materials by and about Raoul Dufy in the documenta archive
- Biography at WHO'S WHO Online
- Raoul Dufy at artfacts.net
- Raoul Dufy at Google Arts & Culture
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.fplusd.de/index.php?id=650 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dufy, Raoul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Havre |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1953 |
| Place of death | Forcalquier |