French painter in oil and watercolour, illustrator and designer, Raoul Dufy [1877-1953] was born at Le Havre. Took a job in commerce but also began in 1892 to attend evening classes at the municipal Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he met Othon Friesz. Awarded a scholarship in 1900 and went to Paris where he studied for four years under Bonnat at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Influenced at first by the Impressionists, then from 1905 by the Fauve style of Matisse and began to work in richer colours…
