Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy (born June 3, 1877, in Le Havre, Normandy; died March 23, 1953, in Forcalquier) was a French Fauvist painter. Raoul Dufy initially attended evening classes at the art school in Le Havre. In 1895, he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris on a scholarship from his hometown, where he formed a friendship with Othon Friesz. From there, Dufy moved to the studio of Léon Bonnat as a student on a scholarship. In 1903, he held an exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. The painting Luxe, Calme et Volupté by Henri Matisse “converted” him to Fauvism in 1905. In 1909, he visited Munich together with Friesz and came under the influence of Paul Cézanne.

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