The Fisherman on the Jetty, Sainte-Adresse by Raoul Dufy

The Fisherman on the Jetty, Sainte-Adresse - Raoul Dufy - Canvas Wall Art

At a Glance

The Fisherman on the Jetty, Sainte-Adresse - Raoul Dufy - Canvas Wall Art brings gallery-caliber art into everyday spaces. This wildlife oil painting is a 100% hand painted oil painting on canvas, created for buyers who want genuine fauvist canvas wall art instead of a mass-produced poster or paper print.

The Story Behind the Painting

circa 1924
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 32 1/4 in. (65.1 x 81.9 cm.)

In July and August of 1906 Dufy travelled along the Normandy coast in the company of Albert Marquet, painting side by side in the newly popular resort towns of Trouville, Honfleur, Le Havre and its smaller neighbour, Sainte-Adresse, the location of the present work. Dufy had grown up in Le Havre, spending much of his childhood and adolescence there, and both the port of Le Havre and the bay of Sainte-Adresse were to provide him with fixed pictorial reference points during his artistic career. It was a year later, in 1907, that Dufy first introduced the motif of the fisherman on the jetty, employing the angles and curves of the rods to great effect in breaking up his composition and introducing into his horizontal landscapes a subtle note of dynamism.

Dufy returned to the Normandy coast frequently throughout his life, particularly often in the 1920s when the present work was executed. His childhood on the coast had instilled in him a great love of the sea and, taking his viewpoint for the present work from the jetty of Sainte-Adresse looking back at the beach, Dufy allows himself the luxury of depicting a large expanse of blue in the water and sky, broken only by the town, with its colourful buildings and distinctive spires, and the birds and butterflies in the foreground. Dufy was also attracted by the sea in an artistic sense; the luminosity and transiency of the effects of light upon its surface allowed him to explore and further develop his pictorial theories of colour and light.

Every hand painted oil painting in this wildlife series is finished on artist-grade canvas and checked against the original before it leaves the studio.

Materials & Craftsmanship

Oil on canvas remains the reference standard for fauvist reproductions. Our artists apply pigment by hand, blending the wildlife tones directly on the surface for depth that a printed wildlife oil painting simply cannot match.

What Is Included

• Genuine hand painted oil painting on premium artist canvas; no printing or digital imaging is used.
• Edges include an additional 2-inch blank allowance, ideal for gallery wrapping or framing.
• Sold studio-direct and shipped worldwide, with no intermediary markup.
• 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.
• Custom canvas dimensions are welcome for this wildlife oil painting.
• We work with DHL, UPS, FedEx, USPS and additional couriers to keep delivery affordable.
• Complimentary stretching over wooden stretcher bars; ask us about a custom frame.
• Every order includes a pre-shipment digital preview for your approval.

Where to Hang It

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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