Du Fei's creative theme is very narrow, not because of any restrictions, but because a happy artist enjoys the pleasure of expression and is obsessed with what he loves. Therefore, his works are easily recognized and accepted by the public. The common leisure activities in the life of the leisure class in the early 20th century are the theme of his creation. Blue sea, games, concerts, dance halls, etc. Through the almost oriental freehand brushwork lines and splash-ink colors described by the painter, it is filled with bright, light and sweet breath, high generalization and strong expression, which is the real reason why the painter is full of charm. Although Du Fei is simply classified as a fauvism painter, he is actually influenced by various painting movements. Strictly speaking, he does not belong to any school. He was an impressionist painter at first, then tried the painting styles of Fauvism and Cubism, and finally devoted himself to artistic creation with his own unique style.
It is a pleasure to watch Du Fei's works. The painter's unique shape and color bring the viewer into his world without obstacles. The world shows pure peace and tranquility, revealing? The essence and essence of another bundle.
18776 Born in Harvard, Normandy, he was the eldest of nine children.
189 1 14 graduated from school and worked as a clerk in the company to support his family.
1892 Enter the evening school of Harvard City Academy of Fine Arts, and get to know Braque and Fries in the studio of Ruwheeler.
1898 joined the French army and retired within one year.
1900? Received a scholarship to enter the studio of Leon Bona of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Paris.
190 1 exhibited his works at Francis Artists Gallery.
1706 held his first solo exhibition at Burtwell Gallery.
19 10- 1 1? He painted woodcut prints for Apollinaire's animal poems for the first time.
19 1 1 Design a cloth pattern for Paul Bo Yi Rui with woodcut prints.
19 12 as a production designer of a world-class silk company. Fashion designer Paul Bo Yi Rui (1879- 1944).
192 1 held a solo exhibition at Burham Jonny Gallery in Paris.
1934 traveled to England and drew the rowing boats of ascot Racecourse and Cowes.
1936 was commissioned to paint murals for 1937 Electrical Pavilion of Paris World Expo.
1937 first time suffering from arthritis.
1939 because of the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Saint-Tennyson and hid in the south of France the following year.
1947 held a solo exhibition at the Louis Carey Gallery in Paris, and two years later held a solo exhibition at the Louis Carey Gallery in new york.
195 1 was persuaded by the doctor to recuperate in Tucson, Arizona.
1952? Back to France. Buy a studio in fogaguer.
1953 died of heart disease. Buried in the cemetery of Cimiere Abbey in Nice.
/kloc-painters from the end of 0/9 to the beginning of the 20th century presented almost the same image. Scandal, tragedy, debauchery, alcohol or drugs corrupt life. These so-called bohemian lifestyles often urge them to get up early. For example, Toulouse Lautrec, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Gauguin and many other painters. All lost their lives in this way of life. However, RaoulDufy Fei is completely different. His personality is conservative, gentle and lively, and there is no chance of dramatic events or tragedies in his life. He has achieved fruitful results in his personal life and art. People who are more successful than others like him also shine his happiness through painting.
Raul Du Fei was born on June 3, 1987 in the French port city of Harvard, a poor family who attached importance to education. My father, Leon Marius Du Fei, is an accountant in a local metal company, and my mother, Mary Ujani Ada, is a busy housewife with nine children to take care of. After his monotonous work, his father has an obvious interest in art. He is responsible for organ performance and chorus command in the church in the city, and also cultivates children's interest in art and music. I'm afraid this father never thought that any of his children would really embark on the art road. It was just a dream, but four of them entered the art field. Leon was a piano teacher, gaston was a music critic, and Raul and Shane became painters.
Raul Du Fei is the eldest son of his family. After he 14 graduated from school, in order to support his brothers and sisters, he worked in Swiss Lude and Hausel Coffee Import Company for five years. The only pleasure at work is to look at the scenery outside the window. Because his office is facing Harvard Harbor, sometimes he will draw a scene where ships or unloading workers are busy in the harbor.
Du Fei clearly showed his future development potential in his early pen drawing, so his father suggested that he take evening classes at Harvard City Academy of Fine Arts. 1892, Du Fei entered the studio of academic painter Charles Luwheeler to learn sketch. He became friends with his young classmates georges braque and Orton Fries. Lu Wheeler firmly believes that all great paintings must be based on solid sketches. Even after ten years, when Du Fei mentioned Lu Huier, he was still full of love and gratitude. He said: "Lu Huier is a real artist and a great sketch artist with classical style. We all respect and worship him very much. "
1898, Du Fei was drafted into the army, so his work and painting courses were interrupted. According to French regulations, military service usually lasts for two years. Duffy was discharged from the army less than 12 months ago because his younger brother gaston, who was already a musician, volunteered to join a military band. This is because French law forbids two brothers to perform military service at the same time, so Du Fei was able to retire early.
1900 After retiring, Du Fei received a scholarship of 200 francs per month from Harvard City. He used the money to go to Paris and entered the studio of Leon Bona of the National Academy of Fine Arts. Du Fei received a very strict academic education here. Although Bona was a contemporary of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, his views were deeply rooted in the classical tradition. Du Fei completed the four-year course, and he never denied such training. But later, he said with emotion that the negative impact of formal art education is likely to be positive for truly talented and original young painters. However, Du Fei, who is conservative and gentle, doesn't consider himself a talented painter.
When Du Fei was studying at the National Academy of Fine Arts, he and his friend Frith, also from Harvard, lived at No.0/2, Montmartre Street. Many of his classmates live a bohemian and decadent life, but Du Fei is not infected with this smell at all. He prefers to go to concert halls or legal theaters, classical concert halls and other places. Although my attitude towards life is extremely conservative, I have never ignored the artistic trend around me. After leaving the closed studio, he sketched in the streets of Paris in an impressionist style and occasionally painted oil paintings. 1902 Duffy took one of his pastels to an avant-garde gallery, and the person in charge of the gallery bought it immediately after seeing it. Four years later, Du Fei held his first solo exhibition.
After graduating from the National Academy of Fine Arts, Du Fei continued to paint in the impressionist style and sold some works through art dealers. At the Fauvism Exhibition held in 1905 Salon, he was deeply shocked by the vivid and strong colors and bold and novel painting styles of the Fauvism painters. He is no longer satisfied with his painting style and is determined to explore his own direction. He still took Paris as the main venue, and then traveled with Frith and Abel MacKay to sketch, trying to use the bold colors of fauvism. 1908, he went to Marseille with georges braque and began to try cubist style.
Du Fei married Oudjani brisson in 19 1 1 year. As for Wu, as we all know, she has a good reputation. She met Du Fei while working in a milliner's shop in Harvard, but she knew nothing else. The relationship between two people, outsiders can't get more understanding. Du Fei kept his personal life extremely secret, but the portrait of Mrs. Du Fei painted by Nice Art Museum 1930 can confirm that they were still together at that time. This work is one of the few official portraits he painted. There were no children between them, and it was impossible to determine when they didn't live together at all during World War II. Wu died in 1962, and was buried in Nice nine years after his death. She presented many of my late husband's works to Nice Art Museum, which became the basis of Du Fei's future collection.
After marrying Wu, his painting career was obviously affected. Thirty-four-year-old Du Fei felt as if she had come to the end of her life. He must take the responsibility of supporting his family and think that he can no longer live a life of "dreaming like a prince and living like a beggar". However, after he showed his experimental works, he failed to sell them, and the art dealer cut off contact with him. Du Fei, penniless, was lucky to meet a philanthropist who was very concerned about the painter's plight and provided his farmhouse in Normandy for free, which helped Du Fei solve his economic problems. Here, he also developed his own style and took illustration as a sideline. Therefore, his income from illustrations is greater than his income from creation. Du Fei's original illustrations are woodcut illustrations of animal poems by Guillaume Apollinaire. Although he only gets a meager income, these works also prove his artistic talent, and his paintings are very marketable. L9 1 1 year, fashion designer Paul Bo Yi Rui saw Du Fei's illustrations and asked him if he would like to design cloth patterns with woodcut prints. Despite the ridicule of his highly independent colleagues, Du Fei readily agreed for money.
Bo Yi Rui rented a small factory in Montmartre specifically for this new business. Du Fei carved wooden blocks in his new studio in Gilman Street and studied color matching. After printing and dyeing in the factory, his design has become a high-end scarf and clothing. For Du Fei, it is a great comfort to see that ladies in Parisian society never dare to buy his paintings or put scarves on them.
As a freelance contractor, Du Fei cooperated with Bo Yi Rui, and then he accepted Biancini Fajie Company, a world-famous company in the field of silk products, and hired him as a production designer. This job, which has a fixed salary and only needs to go to work within the specified time, has brought him economic stability. Because his daily life is predictable in advance, he can finish his work as planned, which is the ideal situation for Du Fei. Soon after, however, due to the outbreak of World War I, this life had to be interrupted for two years.
Du Fei is completely different from his idealistic friends headed by Braque. He didn't volunteer to go to the front like them, but stayed to draw patriotic woodcut prints for war posters or newspapers. During World War I (1914-1918), he made a living by painting or illustration. As for the tragic situation that happened around him, it seems that it will not affect him. Lyon's work resumed in 19 19 and continued until 1928, after which he gradually shifted his focus from design to painting.
1920 In the spring, Du Fei and his wife moved to the foothills of the Riviera in the south of France and rented a house in a small town called Vance, which was the first time that he was able to concentrate on painting as an adult. It was also during this period that he stepped out of his own artistic path, and his distinctive styles, such as bright colors, lively curves and creeping patterns, were all formed at this time.
192 1 year, the prestigious Burham Jonny Gallery accepted Du Fei's application to hold a solo exhibition. The exhibition was a great success. To his delight, several of his works were also sold. For him, this not only increased his income, but also found that his new painting style could be accepted by people, which made him more confident.
Du Fei has a stable economy, is confident in its own style, and has maintained its creativity for the next 30 years. In addition to thousands of oil paintings, watercolors and opaque watercolors, there are countless sketches, copperplate prints, lithographs and ceramic works. In addition, he also accepted some commercial jobs, such as the giant mural painted for the 1937 Electrical Pavilion of the Paris World Expo, which is the most famous one.
Although Du Fei did not quit his studio in Montmartre, he still spent more time in the south of France. Later, in order to seek new image and sales channels, he also traveled to Britain, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Morocco and the United States.
Although Du Fei is often severely criticized, he is very popular and has achieved considerable success in business. This is because in the field of non-figurative painting, important collectors in the world are concerned about the easy-to-understand charm of Du Fei's works and try their best to collect them. But in 1937, Du Fei suffered the first major crisis in his life. At the age of 60, he suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, and his condition deteriorated day by day. By the end of 1940s, his hands and feet could not move freely. He must rely on crutches when walking. His hands and wrists are often too painful to hold the brush. 1950 when he began to consider whether he was forced to give up his painting career, he accepted the advice of an American physician, Freddie Humbaja, and went to the Jewish Memorial Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts for treatment. Du Fei is here for an injection. The new drug based on renal cortical hormone could not completely restore his health, but his hands could move again. 195 1 year, he took Humbaga's advice and moved to Tucson, Arizona. Because of the warm and dry air there, his illness was further alleviated. Du Fei lived in Arizona for a year and missed his hometown very much. He returned to France in 1952 and bought a studio in Foguire, an ancient town near Avie, the driest place in France.
Although his arthritis has been controlled to a tolerable level at this time, his overall health has gradually deteriorated. 1952 contracted severe pneumonia in winter,1953 suffered from coronary artery thrombosis on March 23rd, and died on the morning of 25th at the age of 76.
Du Fei's body was buried in the cemetery of Cimiere Abbey overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Nice. At his funeral, Rune Gus read a eulogy, and he expressed everyone's heart: "Du Fei has lost a little joy in his life. If he hadn't left immortal works, we might not love the sky and the earth so much in the future. "