Le Bassin de Deauville by Raoul Dufy

Le Bassin de Deauville - Raoul Dufy - Oil Painting Wall Decor

Product Overview

Le Bassin de Deauville - Raoul Dufy - Oil Painting Wall Decor suits both traditional and modern interiors. As a fine art oil painting, it works as a standalone focal point or as part of a bedroom gallery wall, and unlike a print it is genuinely hand painted in oils.

The Story Behind the Painting

1938
Oil on canvas
23 3/4 x 28 7/8 in. (60.2 x 73.2 cm.)

The present work depicts one of Dufy’s favorite subjects during the 1930s: the joyful and dynamic atmosphere of seascapes and regattas. The artist loved to paint scenes of boats racing across the tumbling waves, their sails unfurled, or sailing into the harbors of Le Havre or Deauville. Often called the Parisian Riviera, Deauville was internationally renowned as a glamorous place, with a racetrack, casino, and Coco Chanel’s first shop outside of Paris.

In this bold depiction of the Deauville harbor, Dufy captures the vibrancy and joie de vivre of the port town. Painted with dynamic brushstrokes, the surface of the water and texture of the clouds appear animated. The influence of Fauvism is readily seen in both the intensity of color and in the loose application of the paint. In Dufy’s interpretation of Fauvism, he combines skeletal, dark contours with quick washes of paint. The luminous palette adeptly conveys the climate of the Normandy coast, in particular through the use of cobalt blue, a characteristic choice of the artist. Although commonplace in a seascape, Dufy gives a deeper explanation for his preference for this color in an interview with Pierre Courthion in 1951: “Blue is the only color which keeps its own individuality across the spectrum. Take blue with its different nuances, from the darkest to the lightest; it will always be blue, whereas yellow darkens in shadow and fades out in lighter parts, dark red becomes brown and when diluted with white, it isn’t red any more, but another color: pink” (quoted in P. Courthion, Raoul Dufy, Geneva, 1951, p. 52). One can see in this preference for blue, also a symbol of France, the deep patriotism of a painter who decorated street windows with large French flags during his Fauve period, and who adorns the present work with a French tricolor proudly in the center of the composition.

The fine art subject is rebuilt stroke by stroke in oil, giving the finished canvas the depth expected of fauvist oil painting wall decor.

Materials & Craftsmanship

Each canvas is painted entirely by hand with professional oil paints on artist-grade cotton canvas. No printing, giclée, or digital imaging is used at any stage, so the surface keeps the slight relief and color variation of real brushwork.

What Is Included

• A true oil-on-canvas painting produced manually by our artists — not a mass-produced print.
• Comes with a 2-inch unpainted margin on every side, ready for stretcher bars or a frame.
• We dispatch worldwide ourselves, so there are no middlemen in the chain.
• Available canvas sizes for this hand painted oil painting: 20 X 24 in, 24 X 36 in, 30 X 40 in, 36 X 48 in, 48 X 72 in.
• Made-to-measure options are available for this fine art canvas.
• Flexible shipping through DHL, UPS, FedEx, USPS and partner networks.
• Complimentary stretching over wooden stretcher bars; ask us about a custom frame.
• Before dispatch we email a digital proof so you can approve the finished canvas.

Where to Hang It

This fine art oil painting wall decor is equally at home in a residence, a boutique hotel, or a professional office. Its fauvist character makes it a safe, distinctive gift for anyone furnishing a bedroom.

Delivery, Sizes & Guarantee

In short: Le Bassin de Deauville - Raoul Dufy - Oil Painting Wall Decor combines a fauvist composition, a 100% hand painted oil painting process, and the flexibility of made-to-order canvas sizes — a dependable choice for fine art oil painting and bedroom wall art.