DUFY, RAOUL 1877-1953:

1877 TO 1953. RAOUL DUFY WAS A FRENCH PAINTER, DESIGNER AND GRAPHIC ARTIST. DUFY STARTED OUT LIFE AS A WOODCOUT ARTIST AND AN IMPRESSIONIST, THEN FLIRTED BRIEFLY WITH THE FAUVES, BEFORE CREATING THE DISTINCTIVELY UNIQUE STYLE HE BECAME FAMOUS FOR. BY THE 1920'S HE HAD ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS, AND BY NOW WAS CONCENTRATING ON COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS. IN LATER YEARS HE PRODUCED BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS, MURALS AND STAGE DESIGNS.