Friday, January 13, 2012

Dufy?


Raoul Dufy, Interior with an Open Window, 1928

Raoul Dufy was a French Fauvist painter who began exhibiting his work in 1901/02 and eventually became a great mural painter for the public and on public buildings. Fauvism is most associated with the  work of Henri Matisse:  Early 20th c. modern artists who emphasized painterly qualities (brush strokes and the like -- the paint form of lo-fi, if you will) and strong color over the realism and verisimilitude of the Impressionists. 


The Electric Fairy, Building Mural for the Electric Company, 1937

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