Please contact LTE for more
infomation, schedule and fees.
Tel: 310-397-3098
E-mail: info@a-r-t.com

Raoul Dufy: A Celebration of Beauty includes over 100 paintings, watercolors, drawings and woodcuts from European private collections -- the great majority never exhibited before -- and over 75 original fabric projects presented from the archives of Bianchini-Ferier, in Lyon, France, offering an unprecedented view of the oeuvre of Dufy.

At the time of Dufy’s death in 1953, art historians and art critics were unanimous in their recognition and praise for the imagination, inventiveness, and mastery of color and light that characterized all of his work.

However increasingly during the past 50 years, Dufy has been viewed exclusively as a painter – while in reality, his paintings were just one part of a tremendous breadth and diversity of artistic creation. In addition to creating over several thousand paintings, he illustrated some 50 literary works with wood engravings, lithographs, etchings, watercolors and drawings; he made more than 200 ceramic pieces; almost 50 tapestries and about 5000 fabric designs. His stage sets, murals and monumental decorations are among the most important of his time.

This exhibition acknowledges the universal character of his work, the astonishing range of his creative energy, and his eminent place in the history of art. The exhibition is a re-appraisal of the work of Dufy and covers his long career from about 1900 until 1953.

"......And so this is what life is and it is a pleasure, the constant abstracting the color of which a painter is made is a constant pleasure -- it is a pleasure to him and it is a pleasure to any other...... One must meditate about pleasure. Dufy is pleasure. Think of the color and it is not that and the line and it is not that, but it is that which is all together and which is the color that is in Dufy......"
Gertrude Stein, 1946

The separate themes covered are:

I. Introduction and the formulation of a style and
influences: 1900 - 1920

II. Collaboration with Poiret and the world of
fashion design; the woodcuts for the Bestiaire
of Apollinaire and book illustrations: 1910 - 1925

III. Work with Bianchini-Ferier and the transforma-
tion of textile design: 1912 - 1928

IV. The Development of Dufy's style and the Great
Themes and Series: 1920 - 1935

V. Major Public and Private Commissions and the
Paris International Exposition of 1937

VI. The Later Years and Provence: 1940 - 1953

Exhibition Contents:

• 48 watercolors and gouaches, 25 drawings,
  12 oil paintings by Raoul Dufy
  
  
• 40 fabric designs in watercolor and gouache by
  Raoul Dufy
  
  
• Approximately 40 framed/mounted examples of
  early 20th century silk fabrics designed by Dufy
  
  
• Preliminary sketches, promotional drawings,
  3 large format (3 meter) empeintes
  
  
• 6 lengths of fabrics (3 meters long) for display
  in the exhibition as "banners"
  
  
• 3 dresses using fabrics designed by Dufy (Mongi
  Ghibane, Christian LaCroix, Paul Poiret)
  
  
• 10 mounted photographic panels of historical
  photographs (Poiret designs using Dufy designs,
  1937 Paris International Exposition, etc.)
  
  
• 3 slide presentations for continuous display in the
  gallery space (Dufy's large commissions; Poiret
  and Fashion Design; Bianchini-Ferier and the
  technique / production of silk)
  
  
• Photographic series demonstrating the process of
  silk production and an optional atelier for demon-
  strating the technique of hand-painting silk
  
  
• Examples of books illustrated by Dufy and original
  woodcuts from the Bestiaire

Also included:

• Labels and text panels on CD ROM, photographic
  enlargements, three slide presentations for
  continuous display in the gallery space.
  
  
• Adaptation of design and layout of the exhibition
  for your gallery space.
  
  
• The curator of the exhibition will assist with condi-
  tion reports and installation when the exhibition
  arrives at the borrowing institution.
  
  
• Boutique for museum store from Bianchini-Ferier,
  includes scarves, ties, and fabric gift items, etc.
  
  
  Please contact LTE for more
  information, schedule and fees.
  Tel: 310397-3098
  E-mail: info@a-r-t.com

Exhibition Website: a-r-t.com/dufy