La Danse
Artwork details
- Artist
- Raoul Dufy
- Title
- La Danse
- Date
- 1910
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Edition
- Unknown
- Image
- 30.9 x 31.1 cm
- Sheet
- 50.8 x 48.8 cm
- Price
- Price on request
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.
