01 Marine Painting – Jean Dufy’s Port de Copenhague/ Port of Copenhagen, with Footnotes, #339

Jean Dufy, (1888-1964)
Port de Copenhague/ Port of Copenhagen, circa 1953-1954
Oil on canvas
18 ¼ x 21 ¾ in. (46.3 x 55.3 cm.)
Private collection

The Port of Copenhagen is the largest Danish seaport and one of the largest ports in the Baltic Sea basin. It extends from Svanemølle Beach in the north to Hvidovre in the south.

The Port dates back to the Middle Ages. Originally owned by the Danish Royal Family. Christian IV moved Naval Shipyard from Gammelholm to its current location in Holmen—the Holmen Naval Base one of several naval stations of the Royal Danish Navy. In 1742 the port was turned into an independent institution and remained unchange until 1812. More on The Port of Copenhagen

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, La danse 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 71

Jean Dufy, (1888-1964)
La danse (Au Cirque Médrano/ Circus Medrano), c. 1930
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm.)
Private collection

The Cirque Medrano is a French circus that was located at the edge of Montmartre,  in what was then the edge of the City of Paris, under the name “Cirque Fernando”. The title “Cirque Medrano” is still active today: it is now a successful French traveling circus.

The Parisian circus was created by a Belgian circus entrepreneur, Ferdinand Beert (1835-1902), and was built at the corner of the Boulevard de Rochechouart and the Rue des Martyrs, in what was then the edge of the City of Paris, under the name “Cirque Fernando.” The area was a working-class neighborhood at the foot of the hill of Montmartre, famous for its many places of popular entertainment, among which the Moulin de la Galette and the famous Bal du Moulin Rouge — and in the vicinity of the Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre, where many young painters lived. More on The Cirque Medrano

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, PARIS, MONTMARTRE 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 68 – With Footnotes

Jean Dufy, (1888 – 1964)
PARIS, MONTMARTRE, c. 1920
Watercolor and gouache on paper
10¼ by 14¼ in. (26 by 36.1 cm)
Private collection

With its cobbled streets, stunning Basilica, artists, bistros … Montmartre is full of charm! Perched on the top of a small hill in the 18th arrondissement, the most famous Parisian district has lost none of its village atmosphere that appealed so much to the artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A real melting pot of art and inspiration for the cinema, Montmartre still gives as much pleasure to those who stroll around it and figures high on the list for a stay in Paris. More on Montmartre

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, L’Institut et la Passerelle des Arts, 1929 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 67 – With Footnotes

Jean Dufy, (1888-1964)
L’Institut et la Passerelle des Arts, 1929
Oil on canvas
54 x 73 cm., 21 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.
Private collection

The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the “Palais des Arts” under the First French Empire).

The bridge has sometimes served as a place for art exhibitions, and is today a “studio en plein air” for painters, artists and photographers who are drawn to its unique point of view. The Pont des Arts is also frequently a spot for picnics during the summer. More on Passerelle des Arts

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, Vue de Paris 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Part 64 – With Footnotes

 

Jean Dufy, (1888-1964)
Vue de Paris
Oil on canvas
20 ½ x 26 3/8 in (52 x 66.9 cm.)
Private collectio

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, BAIE DE LISBONNE/ LISBON BAY 01 Work, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #241

Jean Dufy, 1888 – 1964
BAIE DE LISBONNE/ LISBON BAY, c. 1959-60
Oil on canvas
19 5/8 by 24 in., 49.9 by 61 cm
Private collection

Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, and one of the oldest cities in the world, and one of the oldest in Western Europe, predating other modern European capitals such as London, Paris, and Rome by centuries.

It is the westernmost capital city in continental Europe and serves as the country’s chief port, largest city, and commercial, political, and tourist centre. The city’s name is a modification of the ancient Olisipo, and its founding has been attributed to the legacy of Ulysses (Odysseus), the hero of Homer’s Odyssey; to Elisha, purported to have been a grandson of the Hebrew patriarch Abraham; and, more credibly, to Phoenician colonists. Lisbon owes its historical prominence to its natural harbour, one of the most beautiful in the world. More on Lisbon

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, Vue aérienne de Paris 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 62 – With Footnotes

Jean Dufy, (1888-1964)
Vue aérienne de Paris: le jardin des Tuileries et la Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre/ Aerial view of Paris: the Tuileries Garden and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre
Gouache on paper
60.3 x 46.5 cm., 23 3/4 x 18 5/16 in.
Private collection

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, Montmartre 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 66 – With Footnotes

Jean Dufy, (1888 – 1964)
Montmartre
Watercolor on paper
51 x 65 cm
Private collection

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order

The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919. More on the Basilica

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, Aerial view of Paris 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 65 – With Footnotes

Jean Dufy, (1888-1964)
Vue aérienne de Paris: le jardin des Tuileries et la Basilique du Sacré Cœur de Montmartre/ Aerial view of Paris: the Tuileries Garden and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre
Gouache on paper
60.3 x 46.5 cm., 23 3/4 x 18 5/16 in.
Private collection

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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Jean Dufy, French, Le Port 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #122

Jean Dufy, French, 1888-1964 
Le Port 
Watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board 
17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches (45 x 60 cm)

Private collection

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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03 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #14

Antonio Maria de Reyna, Spanish, 1859-1937 

A Venetian Canal 

Oil on canvas 

13 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches (34.9 x 74.9 cm)

Private collection

Antonio Maria De Reyna Mascau ( Coin , December 5 , 1859 – Rome , 3 February 1937) was a Spanish artist , and among the most original of his time in Italy.

From a young age he showed a predisposition and great passion for drawing, thanks to this outstanding talent, he was enrolled in painting classes at the School of Fine Arts in Malaga , where he began his artistic training.

Antonio become a celebrity in his hometown, the County Council awarded him an annuity paiment so he could expand his studies and his knowledge. This revenue allowed him to move to Italy, where he could devote himself to the study of the old masters

He chose Rome, where he visits with the most important artists of the time, and where he married the opera singer Beatrice Mililotti De Santis. Thanks to his wife’s, he had important commissions from the most important families in the city.

He was considered one of the most significant authors of Venetian view painting in the nineteenth and twentieth century. He painted palaces and Venetian architecture, for this reason it was referred to as the painter of Venice using a very personal technique, which gave the works, a vibrant and intense light through a very rich palette chromatically. He has exhibited at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Paris in 1887 and also participated in 1901 and 1911 at the Great Exhibition of Rome.

Antonio Reyna, along with Senet has continued the tradition started by Martin Rico y Ortega, painters of light and color on the canvas that have set their impressions through animated pictorial images from the canals, gondolas, Venetian palaces and squares. More Reyna Mascau 

French School, 19th Century 
View of the Bacino San Marco, Venice 
Oil on panel 
10 x 16 inches (25.5 x 40.7 cm) 

Private collection

The view, among the most famous that Venice affords, shows the harbor basin and shipping, and the waterfront from the Mint, at left, to the incomplete façade of the church of the Pietà and beyond. 

19th-century French art was made in France or by French citizens during the following political regimes: Napoleon Bonaparte’s Consulate (1799-1804) and Empire (1804-1814), the Restoration under Louis XVIII and Charles X (1814-1830), the July Monarchy under Louis Philippe d’Orléans (1830-1848), the Second Republic (1848-1852), the Second Empire under Napoleon III (1852-1871), and the first decades of the Third Republic (1871-1940).

Many of the developments in French arts in this period parallel changes in literature. More on French School, 19th Century

Jean Dufy, (1888 – 1964)

Venise, Le Grande Canal, c. 1929

Oil on canvas

25 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches (65 x 80 cm)

Oil on canvas

Dufy’s composition depicts the Grand Canal in Venice. Characteristic of his style, this work is full of color and movement. Gondolas float leisurely on the canal, while a lively throng of pedestrians pass along the canal’s banks. Some seem to be waiting for their turn on the gondola, while others are merely passersby. Most of the figures are depicted in pairs, most noticeably the sailors in white uniforms walking toward the building on the left, and a pair of ladies dressed in black walking toward the viewer. The brown, white and peach tones of the buildings complement the expansive blue, white, pink and yellow sky framing the scene. More on this painting

Jean Dufy (b Le Havre, France, 1888; d La Boissière, 1964) French Painter. Following his service in the military, from 1910-1912, Jean Dufy relocated to Paris. Inspired by the work of Braque and Picasso, Dufy created watercolors that expressed a heightened understanding of color and light. In the mid-1920s, Jean Dufy became captivated by the music of the time, such as Darius Millaud and Francis Poulenc, and incorporated this interest into his artwork. While depicting orchestral and musical subjects, Dufy later became enchanted by the coast of Northern France and began to create majestic and effecting landscapes. Throughout the 1950s Dufy explored Western Europe and North America, but inevitably returned to his watercolors and oils of Paris. Just two months after the death of his wife, Ismérie, Jean Dufy died in 1964 in La Boissiere. More Jean Dufy

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