Printer: Mourlot

Dimensions: 77 x 51 cm

Condition: Good

Frame: Framed in a bespoke frame

Description: The image is based on a sketch by Dufy from 1907. Depicted is a street view of people celebrating Bastille Day, waving the French flag.

Artist: Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was a French painter, draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator and designer associated with the fauvist movement. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre and Paris. His first exhibition was in 1901. He painted recreational scenes including horse races and regattas and his colourful, decorative style was fashionable for ceramics and textile designs. He completed one of the largest public paintings for the La Fée Electricité for the 1937 Exposition Internationale in Paris. It is on display in the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.