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Jean Dufy, (1888-1964)
Vue aérienne de Paris: le jardin des Tuileries et la Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre/ Aerial view of Paris: the Tuileries Garden and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre
Gouache on paper
60.3 x 46.5 cm., 23 3/4 x 18 5/16 in.
Private collection
Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France,
1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter.
Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to
Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors
that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s,
Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud
and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While
depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the
coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes.
Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but
inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after
the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More
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