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Six-metre Regattas - Raoul Dufy - Fine Art Oil Painting 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.
Régates des six mètres
Oil on canvas
Private collection, Paris.
Fanny Guillon-Laffaille has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Raoul Dufy’s discovery of Matisse through his work Luxe, calme et volupte transformed his Impressionist and Post-Impressionist style. He now deciphered that a painting must be a window for the imagination, enhanced by colour and a refined line. Régates des six mètres (Deauville) perfectly illustrates the emergence of this new vision. The seaside, maritime motif that captivated so many artists such as Eugène Boudin and Claude Monet can be understood in relation to Dufy’s work. This is exemplified in the elimination of an atmospheric perspective in favour of simplified lines that transform his subjects into rhythmic forms. This is further achieved through the use of transparent colour, a medium developed by Jacques Maroger, which allowed Dufy to paint in oil with the same lightness of watercolour. Thus, the carefree nature and vitality for life could now be transposed onto the canvas with the same vivacity as on paper.
The blues and greens intermingle in the layering of rich, deep tones, and give rhythm only through the simplified signs of the swells, the clouds and the sails in the distance. This typical scene of seaside life adopts a poetic immensity enhanced by an astral blue enveloping the sail, echoing the tender colours at the centre of the canvas.
Collectors often choose this fine art image when searching for fine art oil painting that feels substantial rather than decorative or disposable.
This is a genuine hand painted oil painting, not a canvas print. Our painters match the palette of Six-metre Regattas by eye and build up the fine art forms in thin layers, which is what gives the finished fine art oil painting its luminosity.
Hang this fine art oil painting above a sofa, console, or bed to give a bedroom an instant focal point. Its fauvist palette works with both minimalist and period interiors, and the piece also makes a considered gift for housewarmings, weddings, and art lovers.
| Size | Price |
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| 20 X 24 in | $42.98 |
| 24 X 36 in | $67.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $91.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $131.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $249.48 |
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