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Raoul Dufy Biography
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1877 |
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Raoul Dufy is born in Le Havre, eldest of nine.
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1891 |
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He is employed as a clerk by a coffee importer and starts taking lessons at the Municipal School of Beaux-Arts. He meets Georges Braque and Othon Friesz.
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1895 - 1898 |
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He paints self-portraits of his family, admires paintings of Boudin at Le Havre Museum.
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1900 |
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The Municipality of Le Havre grants him an annual scholarship of 1.200 francs allowing him to go to Paris and study in Bonnat’s studio at the Academy of Fine Arts.
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1902 |
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Influenced by Monet and the Impressionnists, he paints Parisian scenes and Normandy beaches. He meets Berthe Weil and joins her gallery with Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck and Marquet.
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1903 |
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He exhibits for the first time at the Salon des Indépendants where he will repeatedly show works until 1936.
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1905 - 1907 |
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He takes part in the discussions preceding Fauvisme and participates in the movement.
First one-man show at Berthe Weil gallery.
Representated in Salon d’Automne for the first time.
He works with Marquet at Trouville and with Friesz at Fécamp.
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1908 |
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He works with Braque at L’Estaque, near Marseilles, where he adopts a Cezannesque, near Cubist manner.
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1909 |
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He visits Munich with Friesz.
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1911 |
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He executes woodcuts for illustrations of « Le Bestiaire » by Guillaume Apollinaire.
He installs himself in Montmartre, in the studio in the Impasse Guelma which he keeps until his death. He his introduced to the dress designer Paul Poiret, who helps him to set up a small factory for making fabric designs.
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1912 |
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A silk manufacturer from Lyon, Charles Bianchini, shows interest in his work and engaged him as designer, thus providing him the financial security that allows him to paint with complete peace of mind.
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1913 |
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He spends the summer in the south of France.
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1915 - 1919 |
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He does many woodcuts, for a variety of publications. At the end of the war he is attached to the Musée de la Guerre (War Museum).
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1919 |
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He makes several long visits to Venice. His art matures, his manner of drawing becomes more and more calligraphic leading him to discover a pictorial writing completely his own.
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1922 - 1923 |
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He travels to Florence, Rome and Sicily.
An important exhibition is given to him in Brussels at The Galerie Le Centaure.
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1925 - 1926 |
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He travels to Morocco with Paul Poiret and paints a lot of fabulous watercolors.
He executes, for Poiret’s Seine barges (International Exhibition of The Décorative Arts) 14 tapestries.
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1930 |
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He is awarded the Carnegie Prize for his canvas « L’avenue du Bois ».
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1932 |
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The Musée du Luxembourg acquires « The Paddock at Deauville »
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1934 - 1935 |
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Visits England where he paints at Cowes, Ascot, and London (Bridges on the Thames and the Parlement).
He makes designs for the decoration of the swimming pool of the liner « Normandie ».
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1936 |
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He is commissionned to paint the large mural for the Electricity Pavilion at the International Fair in Paris : 600 meters in size, making it one of the largest paintings in the world (now in The Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris).
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1937 |
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Visits England where he paints scenes from the coronation of George VI.
He becomes a member of the Jury of the Carnegie Institutes and goes on his first trip to the United States.
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1938 |
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Journey to Venice and The Loire Castles. Returns with many watercolors.
He paints the decorations for the Singerie in the Botanical Gardens and also for the Palais de Chaillot.
He begins to suffer attacks of arthritis.
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1939 - 1949 |
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He flees from German invaders to the South of France, Nice, Vence, Perpignan.
He does researh on moto-tonal qualities and make studies of the dazzeling effects of black on light (Black cargos series).
Visit to Spain, where he goes to a medical spa to treat arthritis..
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1950 |
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He travels to the United States where he is one of the first to receive cortisone treatments. He recovers the use of his hands and does the scenic decor for Jean Anouilh’s play « Ring around the Moon ». After a prolonged stay in Tucson in Arizona, he returns to France.
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1952 |
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Won the first prize for painting at the 26th Venice Biennale.
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1952 |
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He settles in Forcalquier, in the South of France, hoping that the dry climate will further his recovery. He goes to venice for the 26th Biennale, where he wins the firt prize for paintings.
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1953 |
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Dufy dies of a heart attack at Forcalquier on 23 March.
He is burried in Nice at the Cemetery of the Monastery of Cimiez.
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Biography courtesy of Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Musée de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Raoul Dufy, le plaisir (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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2008
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Destaques do Acervo, Museu de Arte Contemporanea da Universidade de Sae Paulo, Sao Paulo
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2007
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Age of the Animal, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
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2007
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Art for the classroom - school prints 1946-49, Pallant House gallery, Chinchester, West Sussex (England)
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2006
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Un Regard Fauve, Natinoal Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
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2006
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Tapestries, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL
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2006
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, Dufy (solo)
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2005
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Von Spitzweg bis Baselitz - Streifzuge durch die Sammlung Wurth, Museum Wurth, Kunzelsau
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2005
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Matisse and the Fauves: Color of the Century, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul
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2004
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Cubism or thereabouts, Grosvenor Gallery, London
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2004
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Dufy and Lebasque, Connaught Brown, London
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2003
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Classic to Modern - French Works on Paper, 1800-1950, from the Permanent COllect, Los Angeles COunty Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice, Nice; Musée Raoul Dufy, Raoul Dufy - Un autre regard (solo)
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2003
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Musée Malraux, Le Havre; Musée d’Art moderne, Céret; La Piscine-musée d’Art et d’Industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, Raoul Dufy, du motif à la couleur (solo)
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2002
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Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy; Raoul Dufy, les peintures de la collection du Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne (solo)
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2002
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Galerie Boulakia, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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2002
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Exemplum del disegno europeo del Novecento, Galleria Open Art, Prato
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2002
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Die Zeichnung, Galerie Ruf, Munich
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2001
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The Modern Woodcut, MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
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2001
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Classics, Galerie Beyeler, Basel
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2001
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Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Utsunomiya, Utsunomiya; Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Préfecture de Mie, Mie; Musée préfectoral d’art moderne, Akita; Musée des Beaux-Arts Yasuda Kasaï, Yasuda Kasaï; Musée Municipal des Beaux-Arts, Takamatsu, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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2000
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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2000
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La revolte de la couleur, De l'impressionnisme aux avant-gardes, Musee d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels
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1999 - 2000
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Norton Museum of Art, West Parm Beach; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; New Orleans Museum of Arts, New Orleans; The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Raoul Dufy, Last of the Fauves (solo)
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1999
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Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon; Musée Picasso, Barcelona, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1999
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O brasil no seculo da Arte, Museu de Arte Contemporanea da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
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1998 - 1999
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris; Galerie Neffe-Degandt, London, Dufy - Poiret (solo)
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1997
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Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Raoul Dufy, séries et séries noires (solo)
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1997
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Fondation Electricité de France, Paris, Dufy, les années 30 (solo)
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1995 - 1996
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Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médicis, Roma, Raoul Dufy, le peintre, la décoration et la mode des années 1920-1930 (solo)
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1995
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New Otani Art Museum, Tokyo, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1994 - 1995
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Musée de Bunkamura, Tokyo; Musée Nichido de Kasama, Kasama; Himeji City Museum of Art, Himeji; Toyohashi City Art Museum, Toyohashi; Mer et Musique, avec une évocation de Paris (solo)
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1993
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, Dufy et la musique (solo)
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1992
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J.P.L. Fine Arts, London, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1991
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1991
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Galerie Nichido, Tokyo, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1987
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Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1987
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, Raoul Dufy, drawings (solo)
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1987
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Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1987
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Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, Raoul Dufy, drawings (solo)
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1983 - 1984
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Hayward Gallery, London, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1983 - 1984
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Hayward Gallery, London, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1981
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Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, Raoul Dufy, watercolors (solo)
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1980
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McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1980
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Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1978 - 1979
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Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Raoul Dufy. A Retrospective (solo)
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1978 - 1979
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The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1976
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Galerie Wildenstein, Tokyo, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1975
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Galerie Wildenstein, London, Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 (solo)
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1973
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Haus der Kunst, Munich, Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 (solo)
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1967 - 1968
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Musée national d'Art occidental, Tokyo; Musée national d'Art, Kzoto, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1967 - 1968
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Kunstverein, Hamburg; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1965 - 1966
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Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii (solo)
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1965 - 1966
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Museum of Art, Phoenix, Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 (solo)
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1963
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Palais du Louvre, Paris, Galerie Mollien, Donations Dufy (solo)
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1963
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Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, Hommage à Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1962
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Galerie Wildenstein, New York, Paintings, Watercolors and drawings by Raoul Dufy, 1877-1953 (solo)
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1961
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Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, Homage to Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1959
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Galerie Bernheim Jeune-Dauberville, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre de Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1957
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Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 (solo)
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1955
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Perls Galleries, New York, Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) (solo)
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1954
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The Tate Gallery, London, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1954
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Kunsthalle, Berlin, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1954
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Museum of Art, San Francisco; County Museum, Los Angeles, Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 (solo)
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1953
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Musée national d'Art moderne, Paris, Raoul Dufy, 1877-1953 (solo)
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1953
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Perls Galleries, New York, Raoul Dufy, Twenty Masterpieces (solo)
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1952
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Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1951
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The Arts Club, Chicago, Raoul Dufy - Impressions of America (solo)
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1951
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Louis Carré Gallery, New York; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Exhibition of his work in the USA (solo)
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1951
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The Phillips Gallery, Washington (solo)
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1951
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Paintings by Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1950
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The Lefevre Gallery, London, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1950
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Perls Galleries, New York, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1949
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Louis Carré Gallery, New York, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1948
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Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, Raoul Dufy, tapisseries de haute lisse (solo)
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1948
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Galerie Pétridès, Paris, Aquarelles de courses de Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1947
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Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1944
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Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, Exhibition of Paintings by Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1943
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Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1943
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Dufy dans les collections belges (solo)
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1941
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Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1941
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The Arts Club, Chicago, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1939
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Museum of Art, San Francisco, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1939
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The Whyte Gallery, Washington, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1938
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Bignou Gallery, New York, Castles of the Loire (solo)
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1938
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Bignou Gallery, New York, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1938
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The Arts Club, Chicago, Exhibition of water colors by Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1938
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Reid and Lefevre Galleries, London, Oil paintings and water colors by Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1937
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Painted fresco for the Palais de l'Electricité at the Exposition Internationale. Paris, France.
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1936
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The Lefevre Galleries, London, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1936
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Caroll Carstairs Gallery, New York (solo)
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1934
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1934
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (solo)
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1929
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Galerie Dudensing, New York, Raoul Dufy (solo)
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1927
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Galerie Le Portique, Paris, Raoul Dufy Les cent dessins originaux pour « La Terre frottée d'ail » (solo)
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1923
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Galerie Le Centaure, Raoul Dufy, Brussels (solo)
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1921
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Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (solo)
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1906
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Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris, First exhibition (solo)
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1906
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Cercle de l'Art Moderne
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1901
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Exhibit at Salon des Artistes
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