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The Pleasures of Peace: Dance (or The Journey to the Islands)

The Pleasures of Peace: Dance (or The Journey to the Islands)

1910
(French, 1877–1953)
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Description

Dufy's use of bright yellow paper illustrates the bold contrasts preferred by the Fauves. Unlike Henri Matisse, however, Dufy was less influenced by Paul Gauguin's woodcuts and the discovery of tribal art; he preferred the simplicity and decorative quality of French popular prints—Images d'Epinal, cheaply produced and crudely colored woodcuts used as devotional images, calendars, or almanacs. Dufy employed endgrain boxwood, usually used for wood engravings, for The Dance and the three other large woodcuts in this set. His originality lay in creating an effect of scattered light—a balanced distribution of black and yellow—by the overall cutting of various hatchings out of the block with a range of gouges and a penknife. The glint of gold specks on the yellow paper, and the playful rhythm of curves and hatchings, provide a lighthearted and decorative effect.
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).
    The Relief Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-March 28, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=The Pleasures of Peace: Dance (or The Journey to the Islands)|url=false|author=Raoul Dufy|year=1910|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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