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Sunlight on the Sea at Sainte-Adresse, Raoul Dufy
Sunlight on the Sea at Sainte-Adresse, 1906

Raoul Dufy

1877–1953 · Fauvism · 1 work

Dufy joined the Fauvist experiments in 1906. His coastal subjects offered a setting for vivid color and an increasingly independent treatment of light. His view of Sainte-Adresse brings that exploration to the Normandy shore.

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Life and work

1906
Paints at Sainte-Adresse

Dufy records sunlight on the sea in a painting now in Denmark’s national collection.

Sources

Original museum reproductions, with source records on every artwork page.

Artist information: The Met, SMK.

Public-domain art. An imagined museum; no museum affiliation.