Wine as a Treatment for Depression & Anemia, 1936
Wine as a Treatment for Depression & Anemia, 1936
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953)
Medium: Color Lithograph
Edition: 500
Printer/Publisher: Draeger Freres, Paris, France
Dimensions: 9.5" x 9.5" (24.5" x 24.5" with frame)
“When it is taken in reasonable measure, wine always positively affects the morale as well as muscular activity and strength.”~ Doctor J. Alquier (Mon Docteur le Vin)
Raoul Dufy’s Wine as Treatment for Depression and Anemia is a charming illustration created for a medical guide (written by Gaston Dery, a leading French gastronomic author) which explains the numerous benefits of wine. His illustrations did not portray people drinking wine, rather imagery displaying the many positive effects of wine, a sophisticated approach to health and happiness.
Born in Le Havre, Dufy began his studies there, taking night classes at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1900, he moved to Paris and enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts. Often associated with Fauvism, he is known for his unique, adapted style characterized by broad brushstrokes and vivacious use of color in compositions that seem intended solely to delight and entertain. The luminous use of color in Dufy’s work helped popularize modern art. By the mid-1930s, his paintings had achieved considerable recognition with the general public. Raoul Dufy became one of the most important Pairs Period masters next to Matisse, Braque, and Gaugin.
In the collection of:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), NY
Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston
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