The Blue Route. Raoul Dufy in the Langres region.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 16171 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 104 p., 66 color illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757205556 |
In the 1930s, Raoul Dufy, one of the leading French painters of the interwar period, frequented Langres and the Langres region. These works illustrate a still little-known moment in the artist's career. He left behind several dozen works (oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings) depicting the town and countryside of Langres. Raoul Dufy painted sun-drenched landscapes, harvest scenes, flower-filled roads, trains, details of the town, and often the silhouette of the ramparts punctuated by the domes and other bell towers of Langres' monuments. The exhibition presents some forty works on loan from French museums (Albi, Besançon, Cambrai, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Dijon, Le Havre, Nice, Rennes, etc.), foreign museums (The Hague, Helsinki, London, San Antonio), and private collectors. "The Blue Road" is the title of one of Raoul Dufy's paintings. It evokes this kind of "lyrical poetry, through color and movement, which Dufy made a specialty of."
In the 1930s, Raoul Dufy, one of the leading French painters of the interwar period, frequented Langres and the Langres region. These works illustrate a still little-known moment in the artist's career. He left behind several dozen works (oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings) depicting the town and countryside of Langres. Raoul Dufy painted sun-drenched landscapes, harvest scenes, flower-filled roads, trains, details of the town, and often the silhouette of the ramparts punctuated by the domes and other bell towers of Langres' monuments. The exhibition presents some forty works on loan from French museums (Albi, Besançon, Cambrai, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Dijon, Le Havre, Nice, Rennes, etc.), foreign museums (The Hague, Helsinki, London, San Antonio), and private collectors. "The Blue Road" is the title of one of Raoul Dufy's paintings. It evokes this kind of "lyrical poetry, through color and movement, which Dufy made a specialty of."