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Jean Dufy
Jean Dufy is born in 1888 in Le Havre, the seventh of an eleven children’s family. Younger brother of Raoul, is get a training in painting with the support and encouragement of his brother. First attracted by Matisse and the
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Biography of Jean Dufy
Jean Dufy is born in 1888 in Le Havre, the seventh of an eleven children’s family. Younger brother of Raoul, is get a training in painting with the support and encouragement of his brother. First attracted by Matisse and the Fauves, briefly tempted by Cezanne and Cubism, the artist develops, as his brother, a work marked by color and “joie de vivre”. Ports and regattas, open windows, bridle paths and paddocks are so few common themes of their works. After his military service (1910-1912), he moves to Paris where he meets, among others, Derain, Braque, Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire.
His early watercolors are exhibited at the Berthe Weill Gallery in 1914. The artist continues to paint during his mobilization for the Great War. He builds during a long time decoration sets for the Haviland’s porcelain house in Limoges. Jean Dufy participates regularly, after the war, at the Autumn Salon (between 1920 and 1932) and in group exhibitions. Solo exhibitions show his work (Paris, New York, etc.). Jean helps Raoul realize his famous fresco in the glory of electricity for the International Exposition of 1937. The last decade of his life is devoted to travel, mostly in Europe and North Africa. Jean Dufy dies in 1964. His work is exhibited in collections of prestigious museums such as The Art Institute of Chicago or the Moma in New York.
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Study of boats
Date unknown Drawing in blue ink, signed with the stamp of the studio. WithoutCatalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
* « Jean Dufy (1888-1964) : catalogue raisonne de L'œuvre », Vol. I et II, Jacques Bailly, Ed. Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, 2002 et 2010 All the "catalogues raisonnés"Bibliographic track & more
To read from or about the artist :
* « Dufy », M. Gauthier, coll. La grammaire des styles, Ed. Flammarion, Paris, 1944* « Raoul et Jean Dufy - Complicité et rupture », Ed. Hazan, Paris, 2011
* « Jean Dufy, le Cirque en majesté », Pascal Jacob, Ed. Magellan & Cie, Paris, 2012
* « Jean Dufy, Paris aux cent couleurs », Jacques Bailly, Ed. Hazan, Paris, 2012
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Deux mois après le décès de sa femme, Ismérie, Jean Dufy s’éteint le 12 mai 1964 à La Boissière, hameau du village de Boussay (Indre-et-Loire) où il s'était installé en 1948. Il avait 76 ans. Sur la route de Chambon, en surplomb d'un champ de colza au jaune éclatant, le couple repose dans le petit cimetière de Boussay. En leur hommage, ce bleuet.
"Jean Duffy est un peintre à l’imagination festive et nostalgique, empreint de modernité et d’avant-gardes." - Jacques Bailly
"Jean Dufy a tenté de saisir les spécificités du cirque, cet art vivant, par des couleurs éclatantes et des lumières vives dans ses peintures." - Pascal Jacob
"Le pinceau de Jean Dufy livre la ville aux yeux du passant comme un poète récite des vers, à la fois vite et en détaillant chaque mot, ici les façades, les ponts, un arbre, les grilles d’un jardin." - Dominique Vergnon
"Jean Dufy choisira Paris inlassablement, pour des huiles ou des aquarelles, selon un processus créatif sans cesse renouvelé dominé par une harmonie de bleus : le bleu comme source de création insatiable des portes de Paris, des rues, des calèches, de la tour Eiffel, du ciel, de la Seine. " - Jacques Bailly
"Raoul et Jean. Il y a une identité stylistique propre à chacun des deux frères." - Jacques Taddei
"Question business ? Rien à désirer de mieux, ni château, ni Rolls… seulement notre vie champêtre et tranquille." - Jean Dufy (2 mois avant sa disparition)
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- + FAUVISM / 1902-1907 / Charles Camoin, Auguste Chabaud, etc.
- + SINGULAR ARTISTS / XXème siècle /
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