Raoul Dufy

French painter Raoul Dufy was born on June 3, 1877 in Le Havre. In addition to being a painter, Dufy was a printmaker and decorative artist. From the age of 14 he was employed as a book-keeper, but at the same time he developed his innate gift for drawing at evening classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1905, under Matisse's influence, he produced Fauve paintings with strong color areas and an intermittent heavy black contour. Later, Cubism and the influence of Cezanne prompted him to a monumental sense of form, as in "Les Trois Baigneuses" (1919). His encounter with works by Van Gogh at the Galerie Berheim Jeune and with Impressionism at Durand-Ruel is reflected in such early works as "Beach at St. Adresse".

Raoul Dufy Images:
Afternoon Still Life
Amphitrite
Artist’s Studio
Baie des Anges - Nice, 1926
Bouquet De Fleurs
Elegants Au Parc
Interieur a la Fenetre
Joinville
La Baie De Nice
La Baie de Sainte-Adresse
L’Atelier au Bouquet
Nortre Maison de Montsaunes
Regatta At Deauville
The Basin at Deauville
The Bay of Angels
The Blue Palm Trees
The Eiffel Tower
The Sea Circa 1925
Trente Ans Ou La Vie En Rose, 1931
Vase De Pois De Senteur