1930 Houses of Parliament, London gouache and watercolour on paper 50 x 66 cm

Raoul Dufy Artist

Raoul Dufy (born June 3, 1877, Le Havre, France—died March 23, 1953, Forcalquier), a French painter and designer noted for his brightly colored and highly decorative scenes of luxury and pleasure.

In 1900 Dufy went to Paris to attend the École des Beaux-Arts. He painted in an Impressionist style in his early work, but by 1905 he had begun to employ the broad brushstrokes and bright colors typical of the Fauvre artists. A 1907 exhibition of Paul Cézanne’s work convinced Dufy to adopt temporarily more subdued colors 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 Apollinaire’s Bestiary. He began to create designs for a textile company in 1912, 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 colors thinly spread over 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 a series of paintings of Nice (1927), the Bois de Boulogne (1929), and Deauville (1930). He also worked as an illustrator and printmaker, creating whimsically drawn etchings and lithographs in the 1920s and ’30s. Though very popular, his lively, carefree, elegant paintings have been criticized as occasionally bordering on the superficial. 

This part 8 of 18 on the works of Raoul Dufy:

1927 Arcades at Vallauris
gouache on paper 50.5 x 65.9 cm
1927 Arcades at Vallauris
oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm
Emil Bührle Bührle Collection, Zurich
1927 Carnival in Nice
oil on canvas 38.1 x 45.7 cm
1927 Cistern at Golfe-Juan
watercolour and brush and ink on paper 50.5 x 65.6 cm
1927 Fountain at Hyères
oil and gouache on canvas 80.6 x 65 cm
1927 Marianne’s Guestbook
gouache and watercolour 30.3 x 43.5 cm
1927 The Golfe-Juan Pine and Sailboats
oil on canvas 59.5 x 72.3 cm
1927 The Louis XIII Farm
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.2 x 65.4 cm
1927 The Pine
oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm
1927 The Reservoir at Golfe-Juan, with a Bird
oil on canvas 81.6 x 100.5 cm
1927 The Yacht Basin at Deauville
oil on canvas 27 x 70 cm
1927 Undergrowth in Vallauris
oil on canvas 54.3 x 46 cm
c1927 Olive Trees by the Golfe Juan
watercolour on paper  50.8 x 66 cm
Tate, London
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022
1928 Avenue of Trees
oil on canvas 39 x 47 cm
1928 Deauville, Boats at the Quay
watercolour on paper 48.5 x 64.5 cm
1928 Hyacinths, narcissus and rosebuds on a black background (
textile / wallpaper design
gouache and ink over pencil on paper 39.9 x 34.7 cm
1928 Nice, the Bay of Angels
 oil on canvas 50.5 x 61.4 cm
1928 Persian Model
pen and black ink on cream wove paper 50.8 x 66.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
© 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
1928 Red Gladiolus and Blue Phlox on a Grey Background 
textile / wallpaper design
gouache and ink over pencil on paper 58.4 x 43.2 cm
1928 Regatta at Deauville
oil on canvas 27.4 x 70.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
© Raoul Dufy/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
1928 Summer or Ceres by the Sea
gouache and watercolour on paper 35.2 x 54.7 cm
1928 The Hindu with a Fan
oil on canvas 38.1 x 45.9 cm
1928 Woodland Training
oil on paper laid down on canvas 45.7 x 54.6 cm
1928-29 Deauville, Tennis Players and Riders
watercolour on paper 46.5 x 60.5 cm
1928-29 Norman Spring
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.9 x 68.8 cm
1928-29 The Horse Show in Deauville
gouache and watercolour on paper 48.6 x 64.8 cm
c1928 Bridges on the Tamise
watercolour on paper 50 x 65.5 cm
c1928 Harvest in Normandy
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.2 x 65.4 cm
c1928 Six Horses and Jockeys
gouache and watercolour on paper 24.8 x 50.2 cm
c1928 Spring Flowers
textile / wallpaper design
gouache on paper 43 x 36 cm
c1928 The Navy in Le Havre
watercolour and gouache on paper 49.5 x 64.5 cm
1929 Auvergne Landscape, La Bourboule
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.6 x 64.2 cm
1929 Bather
watercolour and coloured inks on paper 80.7 x 57 cm
1929 Eggs
watercolour and pencil on paper 50.4 x 66.2 cm
1929 Landscape Of Auvergne, La Bourboule
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.4 x 63.8 cm
1929 Nice, les Barques
oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm
1929 Nude
pen and ink on paper 34 x 52.5 cm
1929 The Obelisk and the Bandstand, Hyères
oil on canvas 37.8 x 45.9 cm
1929 Races in Deauvile
gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on card
 49.8 x 65.7 cm
1929 Reading
oil on canvas 45.5 x 55.2 cm
1929 Regatta at Cowes
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.2 x 65 cm
1929 Sailing Boats in the Port of Deauville
watercolour on paper 48.7 x 64.5 cm
1929 Study of Trees
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.5 x 66 cm
1929 The Artist and his Model
oil on canvas 130 x 162 cm
1929 The Artist’s Studio in Le Havre
gouache and watercolour on paper 50.5 x 66 cm
1929 The Wheatfield
oil on canvas 130 x 162 cm
Tate, London
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022
c1929-30 The Eiffel Tower
gouache and pencil on card 74.3 x 57.2 cm
c1929 The Sea
gouache over colour lithograph on paper 54 x 38 cm
c1929 Window at Nice
 oil on canvas 54.9 x 46 cm
MoMA, New York
 © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
1930 Course at Ascot
watercolour on paper 50.5 x 66 cm
1930 Course at Deauville
colour lithograph 36 x 90 cm
1930 Exotic Floral Composition II
textile / wallpaper desgn
gouache over pencil on paper 50 x 34.8 cm
1930 Forest Road
oil on canvas 33 x 41 cm
1930 Horseback riding in the Woods
gouache on paper 49.9 x 66 cm
1930 Houses of Parliament, London
gouache and watercolour on paper 50 x 66 cm