Raoul Dufy - Vacances Forcées

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1.

Notre Maison de Montsaunès 16.5 x 21.5 cm

£495

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2.

Les Roses Coupée 11.5 x 20.0 cm

£295

3.

Bouquet 23.5 x 18.5 cm

£495

VACANCES FORCÉES The suite Vacances Forcées was produced in 1955 by the publisher Roland Dorgelès and dedicated to the memory of his friend Raoul Dufy who had died in 1953.

The edition size was 198.

Dufy’s watercolours were reinterpreted as wood engravings by the master engraver Jacques Beltrand. During two years of intensive work, Beltrand engraved over 400 blocks, a separate block being required for every colour on each image. The finished work needed 140,000 passes through the press.

A photograph of Dufy (16.5 x 12.5 cm) produced from a negative in Dorgelès’ collection will accompany each purchase.

Towards the end of his life, rheumatism forced Dufy to holiday in Perpignan from where he would write

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to his friend and publisher Roland Dorgelès.

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L’Atelier de Perpignan 15.5 x 20.5 cm

£495

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RAOUL DUFY Raoul Dufy’s importance as an artist during the first half of the 20th century is inestimable and his works are shown in principal public collections worldwide.

Dufy was one of the most popular painters and printmakers of the 20th century. His style, his subject matter, and his light, bright colours reflect a joy and a celebration of life.

Born in the northern French port city of Le Havre, he was from a large family of nine children and had to leave school and start work at the age of 14. He studied art at night school eventually receiving a grant to enable him to attend the École des BeauxArts in Paris.

Original unpublished photograph from a negative owned by Roland Dorgelès.

A copy will accompany every purchase.

5.

La Fenêtre de Dufy à Aspet

6.

Déjeuner de Cassis

20.0 x 16.0 cm

21.5 x 17.0 cm

£375

£375

Dufy’s early work was in an Impressionist style, but he became a convert to Fauvism in 1905 under the influence of Matisse.

In 1908 he worked with Braque at L’Estaque in a more sober style influenced by Cézanne, but thereafter he soon developed the highly personal manner for which he became famous. It is characterized by rapid calligraphic drawing on backgrounds of bright colours thinly washed on a white ground, and was well suited to the glittering scenes of luxury and pleasure he favoured.

Alongside his career as a painter he took up print making and his favourite subjects became bathers, regattas, casinos and palm trees, race courses and orchestras.

He was a well-established figure by the mid 1920s and the accessibility and joie de vivre of his work helped to popularize modern art.

7.

Paris Libéré 13.0 x 8.5 cm

£295

8.

Dans le Jardin de Montsaunès 17.0 x 21.5 cm

ÂŁ495

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9.

Le Dépiquage à Montsaunès

10.

Le Charron de Montsaunès

15.5 x 21.0 cm

14.5 x 20.5 cm

£295

£295

11.

Aspet Pavoise

12.

L’Église de Lestel

16.0 x 21.5 cm

17.0 x 19.5 cm

£375

£375

13.

L’Arbre aux Poules 16.5 x 21.0 cm

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£375

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14.

La Belle Grange de Lestel 17.0 x 22.0 cm

ÂŁ375

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15.

L’Opaline Bleue

16.

Le Vieux-Port

17.0 x 22.0 cm

17.5 x 21.5 cm

£375

£375

17.

L’Auteur dans son Cabinet de Travail 16.0 x 21.5 cm

£495

18.

La Ferme de Lestel 16.0 x 21.0 cm

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ÂŁ375

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