Raoul DufyNormandy Countryside - Original Lithograph1953
1953
About the Item
- Creator:Raoul Dufy (1877-1953, French)
- Creation Year:1953
- Dimensions:Height: 14.77 in (37.5 cm)Width: 11.03 in (28 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU464311260722
Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy was a renowned French Fauvist painter, famous for his colorful, decorative designs. He was born in Le Havre, Normandy, in 1877. Dufy had a simple upbringing, leaving school at 14 to work at a Brazilian coffee-importing company. His formal artistic education began when he was eighteen at Le Havre's École des Beaux-Arts, where he took evening art classes. He continued to paint within the purlieu of Le Havre and was greatly inspired by the Impressionist landscape painters Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. In 1900, after serving in the military for one year, Dufy won a scholarship to the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Dufy began painting watercolors of the Norman landscapes but was soon widely celebrated for his brightly colored and bold contoured paintings – in dialogue with the Fauvist style. He remained faithful to Fauvism until Paul Cézanne’s work guided him to embrace a subtler aesthetic. This new mode of sobriety saw his work return to a lighter style, which he celebrated through rapid inscription-like drawings over vivid backgrounds of color washes.
The rise of Cubism in Paris during the first two decades of the 20th century influenced him to develop a systematic approach that was later known as stenographics. Using this he experimented with foreshortened perspective, thin washes of paint and skeletal structures. In this style, he portrayed the lavish scenes of the French Riviera, leisureliness of the period, and chic revelries. Dufy was also fascinated by other amusements such as regattas, horse races and concerts and loved to depict the excitement and commotion of the crowds.
Dufy had his first exhibition in 1901 at the Salon des Artistes Français, following a string of exhibitions over the following years. In 1906 he took part in the Cercle de l’Art Moderne Exhibition in Le Havre with artists Georges Braque, Henri Matisse and Henri Charles Manguin. Dufy was given his first retrospective in 1921 at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune and in 1932 his first painting was accepted into a national collection. He celebrated two large commissions for the 1937 Exposition Internationals des Artes et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. The most notable of the two was the adornment for the Pavilion of Light and Electricity. He was commissioned with the task to illustrate the history of electricity from the classical era to its current position in 20th century developments. He painted La Fée électricité, a huge fresco which was donated to the Musée d’Art Moderne in 1964. In 1952 he represented France at the 26th Venice Biennale, where he won the Gran Premio. A year later he died aged 75, of polyarthritis, an illness he had been suffering from since 1937.
Find authentic Raoul Dufy prints, paintings and other art on 1stDibs.
(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Paris, France
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
- Radar Station - Lithograph on vellum - 1968By Bernard BuffetLocated in Paris, FRBernard BUFFET Radar Station, 1968 Lithograph (Printed in Atelier Mourlot) Printed signature in the plate On vellum 40 x 75 cm (c. 16 x 30in) Excellent con...Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Three American Gangsters - Original handsigned lithograph - 100 copiesBy Jean HélionLocated in Paris, FRJean HELION Three American Gangsters Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 copies On Arches vellum 65 x 50cm (c.26 x 20"...Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Mythology : Bacchus and Venus - Original lithograph Handsigned and Numbered /100By Alain BonnefoitLocated in Paris, FRAlain BONNEFOIT Mythology : Bacchus and Venus, 1975 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On vellum 38 x 55 cm (c. 15 x 22 inch) Excellent conditionCategory
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Hotel : Mercedes Cabriolet & Negresco (Nice) - Signed lithograph - 115exBy Denis Paul NoyerLocated in Paris, FRDenis-Paul NOYER Hotel : Mercedes Cabriolet & Negresco Original lithograph, c. 1980 Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 115 copies On Arches vellum 75 x 105 cm (c. 30 x 42 in) INFORMAT...Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- The Feast - Original lithograph, Handsigned and Numbered /100By Alain BonnefoitLocated in Paris, FRAlain BONNEFOIT The Feast, 1975 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On vellum 38 x 55 cm (c. 15 x 22 inch) Excellent conditionCategory
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Tribute to Cezanne : The Bather - Original handsigned lithographBy Jules CavaillesLocated in Paris, FRJules CAVAILLES Tribute to Cezanne : The Bather, 1966 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil On Rives vellum 37 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch) Excell...Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Tanks #1.By Louis LozowickLocated in New York, NYThis 1929 lithograph by Louis Lozowick was printed in an edition of 50. Lozowick signed this impression in pencil lower right with a monogram on stone, in the lower left. The sheet...Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- TrafficBy Louis LozowickLocated in New York, NYLouis Lozowick created the lithograph entitled Traffic in 1930. This stunning impression is signed and dated in pencil in the lower right just under the image and inscribed "2/20" i...Category
Mid-20th Century Modern More Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- LevanaBy Ben ShahnLocated in New York, NYThis elegant Ben Shahn lithograph entitled “Levana” was created in 1966. It was printed by Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles, California, in an editi...Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Manhattan BridgeBy Louis LozowickLocated in New York, NYThis lithograph by Louis Lozowick was created in 1934. This scarce piece was printed in an edition of 10 and in very good condition. It is signed and dated in the lower right with ...Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- 'Two Dancers', Yale, Cooper Union, Prix de Rome, Tyler School of Art, AssisiBy Alan FeltusLocated in Santa Cruz, CASigned lower center, 'Alan Evan Feltus' (American-Italian, born 1943), dated 1980 and with number and limitation, '44/60'. Blind stamped, lower right, 'E.P.' for Editions Press and embossed, lower left, 'Arches' for Arches artist laid paper. This contemporary classical painter of the human figure first studied at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and, subsequently, at Cooper Union in New York City, where he received his BFA in 1966. In 1968, he earned his MFA from Yale University. Over the course of a distinguished career, Alan Feltus has been the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the Prix de Rome...Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
MaterialsLaid Paper, Ink, Lithograph
- SharakuLocated in Kansas City, MOGaston Petit Sharaku Color Lithograph and Silkscreen Year: 1980 Size: 27.6X17.6in Edition: 85 Signed and dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1200 Fat...Category
1980s Modern Prints and Multiples
MaterialsLithograph, Screen