Venus and the Net
Raoul DUFY
(French, 1877-1953)
Venus and the Net
Dateca. 1935
Mediumoil on board
Dimensionscanvas: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm)
frame: 16 × 23 × 2 1/2 in. (40.6 × 58.4 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Jack Jungmeyer, Jr. and Edith Skouras Jungmeyer
Object number2015.44.10
Collection
- 20th century French
Sub-Collection(s)
- Modernism
On View
Not on viewLabel TextLike Henri Matisse, Dufy abandoned an earlier Impressionist interest in the effects of light, instead creating paintings that explored color alone. His use of line and a wide spectrum of hues made his paintings especially dynamic. This small but luminous painting is typical of his mature work from the 1930s, when Dufy was commissioned to create all-encompassing decorative ensembles for both private and public spaces. Dufy translates classical themes through a thoroughly modernist pictorial idiom.
