I don’t follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.
Raoul Dufy Quotes
My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.
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Birth: | 3rd June, 1877 |
Death: | 23rd March, 1953 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Painter |
Raoul Dufy was a French Fauvist painter. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, a theatrical set-dresser, a designer of furniture, and a planner of public spaces.
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