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Upgrade your walls with The Racecourse at Epsom - Raoul Dufy - Gallery Wall Art. Every fine art reproduction is painted entirely by hand, so the surface carries the depth and variation of an original oil painting rather than the flatness of a digital canvas print.
Le champ de courses à Epsom, 1930s
gouache, watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper
This work is sold with a photo-certificate from Fanny Guillon-Lafaille.
Whilst in Le Derby à Epsom (lot 431) Dufy focussed on the actual running ot the race, in the present gouache he has depicted the preparation to the competition. The grandstand is captured from the left, as the artist gazes on the elegant group of spectators strolling leisurely on the pelouse, waiting for the race to begin. Horses and jockeys mix with the gentlemen, who sport less formal attires than the spectators attending the Derby. The glamour and relaxed elegance of the moment are conveyed with Dufy's trademark sharp touch. His observant eye lingers on the ladies' fashionable dresses and hats, the men's bowler-hats and ties, the jockey's nervous conversations before the race, and the couples gathered in the background. In Le champ de courses à Epsom, Dufy's stylistic characteristics find a particularly successful expression. Some figures are singled out by colourful lines against darker spots of green, applied with skilled sprezzatura on the bright foreground.
The provenance of this gouache is particularly prestigious: together with Le Derby à Epsom (lot 431) and Le champ de courses de Deauville, le meeting aérien (lot 438), it comes from the collection of the late Robert Sangster (see note to lot 431).
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 The Racecourse at Epsom 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 gallery wall 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 | $58.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $91.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $123.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $176.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $329.48 |
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