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拍品专文
From Paris, Deauville to the Riviera, Raoul Dufy’s lively watercolours capture the essence and energy of France during the early 20th Century. Born in Le Havre, Dufy began his studies there, taking night classes at L’ École des Beaux-Arts. In 1900, after being awarded a scholarship to pursue his artistic ambitions, the artist moved to Paris and enrolled in the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
While the Impressionist-dominated Parisian artistic scene had a profound impact on Dufy’s early landscapes, the artist attended an exhibition of the ‘Salons des Indépendants’ of 1905 and was struck by the dazzling colours of Matisse and the Fauvist group. This encounter radically changed the artist’s approach to painting. Dufy immediately begun to incorporate the lively brush strokes and bright colours of Fauvism into his work. Working primarily in watercolour, the artist developed a signature technique of highly stylised calligraphic drawings accented with washes of bold colour. His travels around the Mediterranean provided inspiration for many of his best known paintings and the cheerful theme of the seaside is a recurring motif in his production. These immensely popular works exude spontaneously with their exuberant colours and dynamic line, and Voiliers dans le port de Deauville is a perfect example of this. Dufy extended the range of his œuvre with innovative fabric design, book illustration, ceramic and tapestry. An unparalleled colourist, Dufy’s highly decorative works retain a level of freshness and verve that have made them popular with modern endurances.
While the Impressionist-dominated Parisian artistic scene had a profound impact on Dufy’s early landscapes, the artist attended an exhibition of the ‘Salons des Indépendants’ of 1905 and was struck by the dazzling colours of Matisse and the Fauvist group. This encounter radically changed the artist’s approach to painting. Dufy immediately begun to incorporate the lively brush strokes and bright colours of Fauvism into his work. Working primarily in watercolour, the artist developed a signature technique of highly stylised calligraphic drawings accented with washes of bold colour. His travels around the Mediterranean provided inspiration for many of his best known paintings and the cheerful theme of the seaside is a recurring motif in his production. These immensely popular works exude spontaneously with their exuberant colours and dynamic line, and Voiliers dans le port de Deauville is a perfect example of this. Dufy extended the range of his œuvre with innovative fabric design, book illustration, ceramic and tapestry. An unparalleled colourist, Dufy’s highly decorative works retain a level of freshness and verve that have made them popular with modern endurances.