From a family of nine children, Jean Dufy was the younger brother of Raoul Dufy. The Dufy family was very open to the arts, particularly to music. From the age of 14, Jean exhibited artistic abilities that were encouraged by his brother Raoul, and Raoul's friend A.E. Othon Friesz. Jean also painted theater sets. He enrolled in l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts du Havre, where he was taught first by Raoul, and then by Friesz and Georges Braque.
Jean had, at this period of his life, discovered much from travels to North Africa and other European cities. World War I, during which he was a horse-soldier, interrupted his activities for a while. But by 1920, he began regularly exhibiting his paintings, notably at the Salon d'Automne, of which he was also a member. Along with his brother Raoul, Jean was active in the decorative arts, especially in textiles and porcelains.
Inevitably, Jean Dufy's work continues to be compared to that of his brother. However, Raoul Dufy often dissected each of the elements that he used in his compositions, lending his work an acuteness. Jean, on the other hand, was more sensitive to the entire panorama of the scene represented. The complete atmosphere of his subject can be felt in his grand swathes of color and cohesive palette.
Jean painted frequently in oil, gouache, watercolor and ink. Like his brother, his subjects are often Paris, French leisure destinations, country scenes, circuses, horse races, stages and orchestras. He played the classical guitar and was an amateur of jazz, which may account for his paintings exhibiting a more fluid rhythm revealed in the deep blues, animated reds and greens, and yellows that tend to accentuate light. Towards the end of his career, Jean retired to his farm in the Loire River valley where he remained up until his death, continuing to paint the fresh, simple subjects which were the love of his life.
Gold medal, International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, 1925
Solo exhibition, Galerie Berthe Weill, Paris, France, 1914
Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, and 1932
Solo exhibition, Galerie Panardie, Paris, France, 1921
International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, 1925
Solo exhibition, Galerie Vavin-Raspail, Paris, France, 1925
Solo exhibition, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France, 1925
Solo exhibition, Galerie Legede, Paris, France, 1925
Solo exhibition, Galerie Dalpayrat, Limoges, France, 1928
Solo exhibition, Galerie Bing & Cie, Paris, France, 1929
Solo exhibition, Balzac Galleries, New York, New York, 1930
Solo exhibition, Perls Galleries, New York, New York, 1938, 1953
Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 1938-1939
Galerie A. Barreiro, Paris, France, 1939
Solo exhibition, Galerie André, Paris, France, 1947
Solo exhibition, Georges De Braux, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947-1948, 1950, 1955
Solo exhibition, Galerie Jos. Hessel, Paris, France, 1948
Solo exhibition, Galerie Drouand-David, Paris, France, 1948
Solo exhibition, Old Paris Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1948
Solo exhibition, Galerie Barreiro Stiebel, Paris, France, 1951, 1956
Solo exhibition, Niveau Gallery, New York, New York, 1951, 1957
Solo exhibition, James Vigeveno Galleries, Westwood Hills, California, 1952
Solo exhibition, Van Diemen-Lillienfeld Gallery, New York, New York, 1952, 1955
Solo exhibition, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 1957
Solo exhibition, Galerie Paris Artistique, Paris, France, 1957, 1962
Solo exhibition, Hammer Galleries, New York, New York, 1957, 1961
Solo exhibition, Galerie Abels, Cologne, France, 1958
Solo exhibition, W. Findlay Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1962, 1969
Mayfair Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1962
Solo exhibition, The Marble Arch Gallery, New York, New York, 1964
Solo exhibition, Hofstra University, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, 1966
Solo exhibition, Galerie Reine, New York, New York, 1967
Solo exhibition, The Chase Gallery, New York, New York, 1969
Nice, France, 1973
Solo exhibition, Galerie d'Art Castiglione, Paris, France, 1978, 1981, 1983
Boston Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1982
Solo exhibition, Soufer Gallery, New York, New York, 1987
Solo exhibition, Atelier Matignon, Paris, France, 1988, 2001
Galerie Rienzo, New York, New York, 2001
Solo exhibition, Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, France, 2002
Kodner Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri, 2004
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 2006
Albertina Kunst Museum, Vienna, Austria
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida
Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
Davis Museum & Cultural Center, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Madison Museum of Fine Art, Inc., Georgia
Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts
The Greenwich House Music School, New York
Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
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