Dufy's Tribute to Mozart and Debussy

Right: Hommage à Debussy, 1952.
Left: Hommage à Mozart, 1952,

Trying to capture the essence of music in plastic art was done by some artists and Dufy worked many times on this theme.

The innovation in these two pieces is the way the sound of the piano is represented through the leaves and flowers feeling the air of the room with the sound of the piano.

Raoul Dufy's regattas

I have nothing to say about Dufy. Just wanted to plunge in his blue. This water...

There's something about blue that touch us deeply.

"Because the sky is blue it makes me cry

Because the sky is... blue!"

John Lennon

Raoul Dufy - The three umbrellas

Dufy, The three umbrellas, 1905.

When I was posting the Munch's "Girls on a pier" below I remembered this painting by Dufy. Comparing this work with the two Dufy's at this post, we can have an idea on how he was influenced by Matisse. It was done before 1920 during the period he consider his work as a search. It was in 1905 that he first saw "Luxe, Calme et Volupté", by Matisse, a work that had a huge impact on him. I'm dedicating this post to Stephany who said that the three girls of the Munch's picture reminded her of her daughters.

Raoul Dufy, The Artist's Studio - May in Nice

Left: The Artist's Studio, 1935 Right: May in Nice, 1930 Dufy is a very known French artist. At a first glimpse it may seem that he is simple and easy but he spent many years to achieve his own voice. He was influenced by Matisse and it was by watching some of his works that he finally found a way to use imagination in drawing and in color.