1910
Edition Size: Unknown
Image Size: 30.9 x 31.1 cm
Sheet Size: 50.8 x 48.8 cm
Signed
Condition: Excellent
Woodcut signed in pencil.
Framed. Sheet size refers to a size of the frame.
Design for furnishing fabric for Bianchini-Férier. A sailor dances with a woman wearing earrings and a head scarf. They are accompanied by a man on an accordion. In the background is a ship on the ocean.
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Raoul Dufy’s work is classic of the Fauvism period and his paintings had a colourful, decorative flair which became very popular for use on ceramics and textiles. He is best known for his work depicting images of open-air social events, however he also worked as a printmaker, book illustrator, draftsman, a designer of furniture, a scenic designer and a planner of public spaces. Dufy left school at age 14 and he took evening art classes when he was 18. He completed a year of military service and then the following year in 1900 he won a scholarship to École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he met Othon Friesz, a fellow French artist of the Fauvist movement.
