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Caudebec, Le Port - Raoul Dufy - Fauvist Canvas Wall Art is part of our hand painted oil painting collection from the Raoul Dufy Paintings selection. Each canvas is worked by a trained artist, then inspected before dispatch — a practical route to owning fauvist wall decor at a fraction of gallery pricing.
1913
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (60 x 72.4 cm.)
Dufy had experimented with Cubism in the years following the dissolution of the Fauve movement, and like many young progressive artists he assimilated the lessons of Cézanne's painting. In the summer of 1908 he worked alongside Braque in L'Estaque and painted landscapes using the "petits cubes" that the critic Louis Vauxcelles complained of when he saw Braque's L'Estaque pictures at Kahnweiler's gallery. By 1913, the date of the present painting, the evolution and influence of Cubism was at its height; Dufy, however, while retaining his interest in Cézanne, was quickly evolving along his own personal lines.
Looking at Cézanne, Dufy wrote "what interests me, the most difficult thing, is what surrounds these objects. How are we to hold everything together? Nobody has done it like Cézanne: what lies between his apples is just as beautiful and signficant as the apples themselves" (quoted in D. Perez-Tibi, Dufy, New York, 1989, pp. 40-41).
Dufy's solution derived in part from his former Fauve technique; he went on to eliminate the transitions between the objects in his compositions, and use the white ground of the canvas to unify the elements in the picture plane. To create spatial tension he hatches his brushstrokes, in effect drawing constructively with the brush, as he understood van Gogh to do, using heavy accents of black.
The freedom with which Dufy applies his colors sets him far afield of the more systematic approach of the Cubists, most of whom also limited themselves to restrained color harmonies. Dufy's methods largely stem from his recent experience in drawing and coloring textile designs for Paul Poiret and the firm of Bianchini-Férier, and the bold black-and-white woodcuts he made for Apollinaire's Le Bestiaire. In the present painting, done on the eve of the First World War, all of the elements that characterize Dufy's mature decorative style are in place.
Our artists reproduce this fine art composition in oil on canvas by hand, preserving the tonal range that makes fine art oil painting so sought after for a living room.
Oil on canvas remains the reference standard for fauvist reproductions. Our artists apply pigment by hand, blending the fine art tones directly on the surface for depth that a printed fine art oil painting simply cannot match.
fauvist canvas wall art is one of the easiest ways to warm a living room. Pair this piece with natural linen, dark wood, or brushed brass, and let the hand painted surface do the rest.
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| 36 X 48 in | $149.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $291.98 |
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