The Joy of Painting, the color of Happiness
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Wednesday, December 12, 4pm
JC3, Las Moras 47 (corner of Cinco de Mayo)
$200, 150 members (30% goes to the JC3)
reservations: bea_aaronson@hotmail.com
RAOUL DUFY
THE JOY OF PAINTING
THE COLORS OF HAPPINESS
by Béa Aaronson, PhD
ON WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 12th, 4pm
at the JC3
"My eyes were made
to erase all that is ugly"
"If life not always smiled to me,
I smiled to life"
Raoul Dufy
I chose to share with you
the art of Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
because of my sadness facing
today's frighteningly chaotic world
and its lack of harmony.
Dufy will enthuse you with a
poetical, lyrical, cheerful
perception of life.
He will warm you up
with his contagious enthusiasm,
unfolding a floating dreamlike world
which breathes impressionistic freshness
and the ephemeral beauty
of what he chose to see and paint.
With your eyes, mind and soul,
you will be able to caress his work,
the way he caressed his canvases
like a playful, tip toeing dancer,
always preferring the medium of
watercolor
to convey the fleeting essence of life.
His colors are purposefully not
realistically descriptive.
The direct imitation of nature
did not interest him at all.
He wished to project the happy feelings
nature and people awakened in him,
feelings of joy and simple pleasures.
Be ready for a total illumination
of your spirits
which pervades
all of his work through what he
called his theory of
"couleur-lumière":
a world where color is light,
where light is color.
In Dufy's words:
"Light is the soul of color,
without light, color is lifeless."
Through his use of color and line,
Dufy succeeded to create a world
where pain does not exist,
far removed from the ugliness
of the wars he lived through,
the poverty, the death,
the pollution,
all the evils he witnessed.
You will be able to actually feel
a most
bearable lightness of being.
As you will witness,
his blues are quite astonishing...
Dufy did not limit himself
to just painting.
His aesthetic sensitivity flew him
into the realms of etching, aquatint,
wood cut, ceramics, wallpaper,
fabric, interior and theatrical design, as well as
fashion design !
Peggy Guggenheim
loved to wear his dresses !
He was also mesmerized by the
technology of ELECTRICITY
and created in her honor
a huge fresco,
the biggest painting of its epoch
-3 tennis courts large-
that will astonish you.
I actually saw it last year at the
Modern Art Museum of Paris,
where a whole humongous
room is dedicated to his
"Fée Electricité."
I was totally flabbergasted!
Despite all the beauty Raoul Dufy gave us,
which never reeks of technique,
despite his whimsical and multifaceted
contributions to the arts,
Dufy was alas criticized for merely being
a decorative society painter,
within an art world
that was radically changing.
Nonetheless, his delicate and charming
world enthralled collectors
who appreciated simple beauty,
without the aggressive edge of
pioneering, progressive art engagé.
Come and enjoy Raoul Dufy's
immense love of life,
his boundless creative energy,
his sincere belief in a better world,
which all of his works project
in a bright smiling enchanting vision.
I invite you to discover or reacquaint
yourself with the magical work
of Raoul Dufy,
where our inner child
will come alive again,
where our dreams of simplicity and joy
will sing forever.
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WHEN:
WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 12th
4 pm
WHERE:
THE JC3
CALLE DE LAS MORAS 47
(corner of Cinco de Mayo)
200 pesos per person
150 pesos for members
(30% go to the JC3)
RESERVATIONS:
bea_aaronson@hotmail.com
Please,
if you could arrive earlier, EARLIER
to facilitate the seating,
so I may begin on time,
that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you. Béa
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