Raoul Dufy (Dufy Raoul)

(1877-1953)
Fame he brought pictures of resorts, beaches, horse races and regattas. Born in Le Havre on June 3, 1877, primary art education in his native city in the School of Fine Arts. In 1900 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Paris and began to see much in the artist and collector Leon Bonn. Dufy was indifferent to academic painting, much more attracted to impressionism, especially the landscapes of Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. But soon even their product to the young artist began to seem too restrained. In 1906, . when was organized the first exhibition of Dufy, . he met Henri Matisse and Fauvism, . who wrote the bright clean colors and outlines the expressive images sharp contours, and these same features are typical for the work Dufy, . performed in 1906-1909,
. In the works of Paul Cezanne, the artist discovered a more subtle technique of painting. For some time he became interested in Cubism and only 1920 years has developed an original style. In the pictures of the mature period of the artist's perspective of building are not used, and the bright spots of transparent liquid paint superimposed rapid light strokes, this style is called 'shorthand'. Watercolors and Dufy paintings, which depict scenes from the bustling and noisy life in seaside resorts, holiday racing in Deauville, sailors, are now mores of the time.
Dufy also acquired a reputation as an illustrator and master of arts and crafts. He created images of fabrics for famous designers, cartoons for carpets, ceramics, and painted public buildings. His illustrations adorn books Apollinaire, Mallarmц?, and Gide. Dufy died in Forcalquier March 23, 1953.