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Lewis Cooper

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This is one of those artists whose work leaves me cold.  Often I like artists with a simplified way of painting (like Modigliani, Maillol and others), but Dufy's work doesn't hit the spot for me.  It may be that photos from the net don't do him justice, it's always better to view the actual work.  I've looked him up and found that he's created several monumental works that I'd very much like to see. Here's a vast work composed of smaller canvasses (much like Hockney), I suspect I'd like this. Here's another monumental triptych.... Here's one of his very simplified figure paintings, I tend to admire these, but have never successfully tried it myself...maybe that's why a like them. So for me the jury's out on Dufy, but I'd like to see the real thing.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Up to now I’ve only looked at the work of Raoul so thought it’s time to look at Jean Dufy , not a great deal of different in here work and neither artist inspires me. I have selected a few for you to see yourself and develop your own opinion , they don’t honestly do anything for me at all . 

Jenny Harris

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I also find it hard to like the paintings of Raoul Dufy, although I do quite like this one.   I prefer his textile designs and woodcut prints which are quite different.

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Norrette Moore

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Ah, the colour of Paul's last four! To be honest I find it difficult to tell the artists apart. I too wouldn't mind seeing those mega pictures in the flesh.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Next weeks featuring artists are , Matty Burnham and Ernest Dade . I will open the new thread on Sunday evening.

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Jenny Harris

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Paul, it’s Matty Burnham.  Thanks.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Jenny I did actually put Matty but the spell check must have changed it . I have a specific one for dyslexic people however it doesn’t like what I considers abbreviated names or changes foreign words etc as it wants . My mistake is thst I don’t always look after it’s posted to see if it correct . 

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Martin Cooke

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I've seen one of the monumental ones Lewis posted -- it occupies its own curved space in the Musee D'arte Moderne in Paris. Here's a photo I took of part of it, with humans to show the scale. This is probably about a third of the total. It wraps around and provides an immersive experience that is quite hard to take in. Also at the same gallery is this one: While at the Fauve exhibition in Basel I came across a very early Dufy (I guess around 1905 or 1906).  I rather like the sparse yet dynamic rendering of this promenade scene. Yes, it appears simple, but needs to be considered in context. At this time artists were throwing off conventions and exploring new ways to express emotions in paint. For me, Dufy knows how to let his paintings breathe, not always easy to achieve.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Martin makes a good point about both Dufys - i.e. letting their paintings breathe.  They don't do much for me, I don't particularly care for the Fauvist school - although are the Dufy brothers really typical of it?  I would have thought not, though I'm no authority on Fauvism -but I do appreciate their clean colour, and juxtaposition of colours.  Raoul in particular had a fluid line, as well - if anything, I've become rather more attracted to their work than I was before, though I doubt I'll ever elevate them to the status of personal favourites.   Still, the virtue of this thread - these threads indeed - is that one learns from them, and finds old prejudices being overturned.  

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I have looked quite a lot at both Dufy selections over the last few days, and find them both pleasant and cheerful in their colour especially. I can’t say I’m really a fan, but would like to see the large murals wherever they may be. 
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