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Landscape near Vence in Provence
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877–1953)
1920-1921
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- height 81 cm, width 100.5 cm, height 94.5 cm, width 113.5 cm
- Culture
- French
- Museum
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark: SMK waives its rights in this photograph, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
About this work
On large, seemingly rapidly painted planes of colour Dufy has used a delicate brush to paint houses, trees, and roads so that they appear like calligraphy against a coloured backdrop. Prompted by the fashion designer and art collector Paul Poiret, Dufy had spent much of his time from 1910 onwards on textile designs. As a designer he would design and carve the printing blocks for the patterns himself. In principle, the same method of printing has been used in this image. Dufy was a close friend of Friesz and Braque, and like them he was influenced by Fauvism and Cubism before finding his own decorative style. Dufy is an excellent representative of the era’s tendency to transcend media: In addition to painting and design his body of work includes ceramics, book illustrations, set designs, and weaving.
