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Art Books: Raoul Dufy
Mar. 21st, 2025 06:07 pmhttps://www.wikiart.org/en/raoul-dufy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Dufy
I've been checking out more and more books around my local library and found some beautiful art books that haven't been checked out in quite a long time. And some of them are about artists I've never heard of. When I was a kid/teen in school I didn't care much for learning about artists and felt like they always covered the same ones year after year. So one of my personal goals is to read one of these books a month and learn about a new artist. There are at least a dozen! I have a list as a bookmark I will be checking off as I read them!
The fist book is about Raoul Dufy, a French painter who was a part of the fauvist movement. He was born June 3rd 1877. His paintings are colorful and so far (I'm about halfway done with the book) I love his use of shapes and textures. He lived to be 75. Raoul was involved with drawings, paintings, printmaking, furniture design as well as book illustrations. From what I read he had some good contacts in the art field. From reading about his paintings and his life it's been refreshing. The book has some beautiful color prints of his art, in full detail.
From the art museums I've been to I don't recall seeing his art. But I've been to quite a few over the years. I will try to keep an eye out for his works now that I am more familiar with them.
Do any of you know of this artist?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Dufy
I've been checking out more and more books around my local library and found some beautiful art books that haven't been checked out in quite a long time. And some of them are about artists I've never heard of. When I was a kid/teen in school I didn't care much for learning about artists and felt like they always covered the same ones year after year. So one of my personal goals is to read one of these books a month and learn about a new artist. There are at least a dozen! I have a list as a bookmark I will be checking off as I read them!
The fist book is about Raoul Dufy, a French painter who was a part of the fauvist movement. He was born June 3rd 1877. His paintings are colorful and so far (I'm about halfway done with the book) I love his use of shapes and textures. He lived to be 75. Raoul was involved with drawings, paintings, printmaking, furniture design as well as book illustrations. From what I read he had some good contacts in the art field. From reading about his paintings and his life it's been refreshing. The book has some beautiful color prints of his art, in full detail.
From the art museums I've been to I don't recall seeing his art. But I've been to quite a few over the years. I will try to keep an eye out for his works now that I am more familiar with them.
Do any of you know of this artist?
