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DUFY Raoul
Raoul DUFY (1877 - 1953)
Born in Le Havre, France, Raoul Dufy started working at the age of fourteen as a merchant. After graduating from the School of Fine Arts, Dufy met up with some of the leaders in the Fauvist movement and participated in their pictorial quests.
“In this satanic group there are a few chosen ones who will one day confirm their talent” touted the art magazine Le Matin at the beginning of the XXth century. The art critic having written the article turned out to be right.
Dufy’s taste for the outdoors, his use of pure colors extracted directly from the paint tube, and his singular approach to composition shocked more than one person at the time.
Dufy also showed an active interest in decorative art. One of his most famous collaborations was with cloth manufacturer Bianchini-Ferrier as of 1912.
Living respectively in Vence, Sicily and Morocco, Dufy designed the now famous “Electricity Fairy” in 1937 for the Paris World Fair. His love for traveling would take him to New York in 1950.
With a universal intellect, this highly talented designer and engraver succeeded in imposing his original style made of lightness, subtle nuances and vivid colors. His works, filled with radiance and the slightest touch of something airy - almost neglected – coupled with a singular, elegant graphic style all contributed to making Dufy famous the world over.
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