{"id":199,"date":"2019-11-20T06:07:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T06:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/?p=199"},"modified":"2019-11-20T06:07:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T06:07:43","slug":"expressionism-fauvism-early-20th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/2019\/11\/20\/expressionism-fauvism-early-20th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressionism, Fauvism, & Early 20th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Raoul Dufy was a late 18th century french painter who explored different mediums such as woodcuts, ceramics, and tapestries. In 1912, Dufy became the founder of a textile company, where he made textiles out of cotton and silk. What motivated Dufy to pursue art was for his first job working as a junior clerk at a coffee importing firm. This was where Dufy witnessed many boats that he felt ignited to enroll himself at Le Havre\u2019s Ecole des Beaux-Arts shortly after. Dufy\u2019s work is defined as fauvism because Dufy tended to use plenty of bright colours in his paintings. Dufy\u2019s subject matter of choice were horse races, regattas, parades, and concerts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Hunt” (1919) was one of the fabric patterns Dufy designed. This pattern reminds me of Hawaiian prints because of the rounded petals on the flowers and the variety of strokes on the diverse selection of plants.
https:\/\/www.wikiart.org\/en\/raoul-dufy\/the-hunt-design-for-fabric<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Sailing-Boats in Troville” (1936)
https:\/\/www.arthermitage.org\/Raoul-Dufy\/Sailing-Boats-in-Troville.html<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dufy is an artist whose work I can picture on the cover of a magazine or poster. When I look at Dufy\u2019s work, I gain a sense that Dufy was not afraid of taking risks. Not only does Dufy use a wide range of colour in majority of his pieces, the detail on Dufy\u2019s work is quite minimal, yet has enough information that I can gain a sense of what the image is suppose to resemble. My first impression when I saw Dufy\u2019s work was that Dufy was an artist not to be taken seriously. His works such as \u201cThe Kessler Family on Horseback\u201d feel playful and lively. This might be because of the painting scenes of his choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Kessler Family on Horseback” (1931) is a very minimal yet chaotic piece because Dufy uses many colours and has many subjects in a cluster, yet has the bare minimum of strokes for the people and horses on scene.
https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/dufy-the-kessler-family-on-horseback-t03566<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“La R\u00e9ception \u00e0 l’Amiraut\u00e9” (1936) is one of my favourite pieces by Dufy because it reminds me of a collage due to the mismatch in colours each person is drawn in. The perspective of the painting is very interesting because the people in the foreground are almost equally as small as the people in the midground.
https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/raoul-dufy-la-reception-a-lamiraute-reception-at-the-admiralty<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Open Window, Nice” (1926), oil on canvas.
https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/23639\/open-window-nice<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Raoul-Dufy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raoul Dufy: Still Waters Run Deep<\/a><\/blockquote>