Raoul Dufy: Painter and Decorator

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is perhaps best known for his colourful and joyous fauvistic paintings but also produced a dazzling array of ceramics, wall-hangings, dress fabrics and furniture designs. This film, which includes interviews with patrons, dealers and models who knew Dufy, puts the case that he was one of the fines draughtsmen of the twentieth century, a designer whose influence is still much in evidence and a painter of genius to rank alongside Matisse and Léger. Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is perhaps best known for his colourful and joyous fauvistic paintings but also produced a dazzling array of ceramics, wall-hangings, dress fabrics and furniture designs. This film, which includes interviews with patrons, dealers and models who knew Dufy, puts the case that he was one of the fines draughtsmen of the twentieth century, a designer whose influence is still much in evidence and a painter of genius to rank alongside Matisse and Léger. Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is perhaps best known for his colourful and joyous fauvistic paintings but also produced a dazzling array of ceramics, wall-hangings, dress fabrics and furniture designs. This film, which includes interviews with patrons, dealers and models who knew Dufy, puts the case that he was one of the fines draughtsmen of the twentieth century, a designer whose influence is still much in evidence and a painter of genius to rank alongside Matisse and Léger. Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is perhaps best known for his colourful and joyous fauvistic paintings but also produced a dazzling array of ceramics, wall-hangings, dress fabrics and furniture designs. This film, which includes interviews with patrons, dealers and models who knew Dufy, puts the case that he was one of the fines draughtsmen of the twentieth century, a designer whose influence is still much in evidence and a painter of genius to rank alongside Matisse and Léger.