the gate raoul dufy

the gate raoul dufyIn the 1930s, Raoul Dufy moved towards a more decorative and structured style of painting, with a strong emphasis on ornamental motifs. The gate illustrates this interest in architectural elements treated as subjects in their own right. This is not a simple landscape detail, but a graphic exploration of an ironwork motif, worked for its own sake. The painting shows a wrought iron gate painted blue, occupying almost all the space on the canvas. Behind

The painting gives an impression of lightness and movement

from the red-tiled roofs to the canals that run through the town

his intense gaze turned towards the viewer

In The Little Street

The shapes are supple

The white spaces also play an essential role in the composition

Two women sit at a table near a window

as if life itself were reinventing itself under the analytical and fragmented gaze of the Spanish master

Olive trees provide not only a source of nourishment for the body

inhabit the elegantly furnished space of a hotel lobby

" influencing Lyrical Abstraction and foreshadowing the visual language of Pop Art

a solitary boat glides across the water