The old port of Marseille by Raoul Dufy
The old port of Marseille by Raoul Dufy
- 🎨 Raoul Dufy was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement.
- 🖌️ He was known for his vibrant and decorative style, which extended to textile designs and public building decorations.
- 🏞️ Dufy’s early work primarily featured Norman landscapes in watercolors.
- 🎓 He studied at the École Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, influenced by impressionist landscape painters.
- 🖼️ Dufy’s distinctive style evolved over time, incorporating elements of Fauvism, Impressionism, modernism, and Cubism.
- 🖌️ He gained recognition for his depiction of contemporary scenes, such as yachting events and elegant social gatherings.
- 🏛️ In addition to painting, Dufy worked as an illustrator, commercial artist, and designer, creating murals, tapestries, ceramic designs, and textile patterns.
- 🏆 Dufy received accolades for his work, including the grand prize for painting at the Venice Biennale.
- 🤲 Despite facing health challenges, including rheumatoid arthritis, Dufy continued to create art until his death in 1953.
Available as a fine art print and as a stretched canvas panel (heavy fine art canvas stretched over 1.5 inch deep edge solid wood frame).
All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.
