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Baccara by Raoul Dufy is one of those images that never dates. Our studio recreates it as a hand painted oil painting — textured, color-rich, and ready to hang as canvas wall art in a bedroom, study, or reception area.
1938
Oil on panel
Vibrantly illustrating the spectacle and drama of the card game, this jubilant work is representative of Dufy’s mature style in its vivid contrasts and sensually outlined figures. Dufy focused on painting in the 1920s following a period of creating woodcuts, textiles, tapestries and ceramics. His works of the 1920s and 1930s—such as the present work—are characterized by a tripartite divide of bands of color, divorced from the drawing made with the brush. As Grace L. McCann Morly has written, “application of color independent of forms and their contours became the rule. The result is an abstract color composition which exists and functions on its own terms…the local colors that spill over the outline of the forms…have the effect of suggesting movement”
Baccara, indeed, is imbued with this sense of movement and a veritable cast of characters. A woman in a flowing dress holding a plate exits out the left of the picture as a handsomely dressed standing man looks over the table to the right. A chair turned outwards seems to welcome the viewer to the game, played at a round table populated by men and women decked out in their finest threads. Dufy’s heightening of his figures in white lends a magical atmosphere to the scene, emphasizing the immediacy of the moment in the game. Popularized in France in the 19th century by the noble class, baccarat was played in private rooms from the Napoleonic period until 1907, when gambling was legalized in France.
The fine art subject is rebuilt stroke by stroke in oil, giving the finished canvas the depth expected of fauvist oil painting wall decor.
Trained artists work in stages — underpainting, mid-tones, highlights, and detail — using traditional oils on canvas. Because nothing is printed, every hand painted oil painting has its own subtle texture and depth.
For bedroom wall art that does not feel generic, a painted fine art canvas is hard to beat. It is a popular fine art oil painting pick for new homeowners and a durable alternative to seasonal poster art.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $68.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $106.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $146.98 |
| 36 X 48 in | $195.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $379.98 |
The sizes shown are the reproduction canvas sizes we paint to order. The dimensions given in a work's description refer to the original artwork and will differ from the sizes offered here. Not sure? Read the size guide or e-mail us.
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Every canvas is painted by hand in oils on artist-grade stretched canvas, with an extra blank border left for framing. How to care for your painting.
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