Inspiration Monday: Raoul Dufy
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Last week I was feeling uninspired and started the week off with some favorite works by Paul Klee. It seemed like a very good way to start off the worst day of the week, so today I’m going to treat you to some inspiration compliments of Raoul Dufy. Speaking of, did anyone manage to make it to the exhibition in Mississippi this summer? Does anyone know if that the end of the tour? I can’t seem to find any additional cities after Jackson. I kept thinking I’d make it, but sadly I never did.
Taormina
Casino at Nice
Red Concert
Harbor at Deauville
Blue Mozart
The Orchestra. I like to compare this to his sketch below. It reminds me just how much I stink at line drawing when I see how masterful his is:
I found all of these in a little book from The Pocket Library of Great Art. It cost me $2.50, a whopping 2.5 times the original cost, which was 95 cents in 1953. What a little used bookstore treasure!
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August 31st, 2009 at 6:32 am (#)
Wow, awesome. I’ve never heard of this artist, but I’ll have to look into him and his work. I have a soft spot for these lesser-known mid-century artists, like Nicholas Takis, Mark Coomer, and Katsuyuki Nishijima.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:38 am (#)
Maya, nice. I loved the sort of Mad Men advertising art quality to Mark Coomer’s work, and I don’t mean that as insulting in any way. There’s something sort of post deco and moving on about the way he represents architecture.
August 31st, 2009 at 12:53 pm (#)
Beautiful. Really captures the movement & personality. Reminds me of fashion sketches, minimal lines, maximum impact. And yeah, I suck at line drawings, too-but have nevertheless always loved the,.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:05 am (#)
My latest obscure find is Georges Damin. His work is similar to, but tighter than Raoul Duffy’s.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:58 pm (#)
I was in Indianapolis last weekend and finally saw a few of Dufy’s works in person! You can see them online here.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:20 pm (#)
Maya, how awesome! How were they in person?
September 10th, 2009 at 5:49 am (#)
Bold, yet delicate — gosh, that sounds so cheesy! The colors and lines were applied with such confidence and looseness, that I felt sort of humbled. It was very cool to see them in person.