Boats at Deauville

Raoul Dufy’s works are known for their bright colors and sense of movement, appropriate to the boat races and seascapes that he was fond of painting. From a young age he had been employed as a bookkeeper, but developed his talent for drawing through evening classes in Le Havre, his native town, before moving to Paris. There he discovered the works of the Impressionists and the Fauvists; that latter group included the artists Matisse and Rouault, works by whom are included in this exhibition.

Known for many years as Boats at Le Havre, the painting in fact shows the harbor at Deauville, another town on the Norman coast.