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Les Conques
Dufy, Raoul, born 1877 - died 1953 - Enlarge image
Les Conques
- Object:
Furnishing fabric
- Place of origin:
France (manufactured)
- Date:
1925 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Dufy, Raoul, born 1877 - died 1953 (designer)
Bianchini-Férier (designed for) - Materials and Techniques:
Woodblock printed linen
- Museum number:
CIRC.112-1939
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) designed this furnishing fabric of woodblock printed linen for Bianchini-Férier about 1925. It is called ‘Les Conques’. Dufy was a painter who had exhibited with the Fauves. He began to design textiles for Paul Poiret in 1911. From 1912 until 1930 he designed woven and printed textiles for the silk manufacturers Bianchini-Férier. He created a range of lively fabrics in bright colours, many of which were bought by leading couturiers such as Lanvin, Patou and Poiret.
The large-scale motifs of this print are close in mood to textiles created by designers of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) and Munich School of the time. Dufy had visited the Deutsche Werkstätten in Munich in 1909. Shortly before Poiret employed him, he had produced woodcuts to illustrate the poet Apollinaire’s volume Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée.
