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1019 HD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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MODERN CLASSICS
In pre-war Paris revolutionary movements such as fauvism, cubism and surrealism found their origin. The heart of the collection of Frans Jacobs Fine Art consists of works by Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Maurice Utrillo, Kees van Dongen, Raoul Dufy and others. We also include the generation of artists belonging to the post-war generation and a selection of other modern masters of the 20th century, such as Tamara de Lempicka, Egon Schiele and Lynn Chadwick.
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Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy was born at Le Havre, in Normandy, one of a family of nine members. He left school at the age of 14 to work in a coffee importing company. In 1895 when he was 18, he started evening classes in art at Le Havre École des Beaux-Arts. He and Othon Friesz, a school friend, studied the works of Eugène Boudin in the museum in Le Havre.
Dufy's cheerful oils and watercolours depict events of the time period, including yachting scenes, sparkling views of the French Riviera, chic parties and musical events. The optimistic and fashionably decorative and illustrative nature of much of his work has meant that his output is less highly critically valued than artists who treat a wider range of social concerns.
In 1938, Dufy completed one of the largest paintings ever done, a huge and immensely popular epic to electricity, the fresco La Fée Electricité for the Exposition Internationale in Paris.
Raoul Dufy was born at Le Havre, in Normandy, one of a family of nine members. He left school at the age of 14 to work in a coffee importing company. In 1895 when he was 18, he started evening classes in art at Le Havre École des Beaux-Arts. He and Othon Friesz, a school friend, studied the works of Eugène Boudin in the museum in Le Havre.
Dufy's cheerful oils and watercolours depict events of the time period, including yachting scenes, sparkling views of the French Riviera, chic parties and musical events. The optimistic and fashionably decorative and illustrative nature of much of his work has meant that his output is less highly critically valued than artists who treat a wider range of social concerns.
In 1938, Dufy completed one of the largest paintings ever done, a huge and immensely popular epic to electricity, the fresco La Fée Electricité for the Exposition Internationale in Paris.
