{"product_id":"original-raoul-dufy-poster-normandie-sncf-1953","title":"Original Raoul Dufy Poster Normandie - SNCF, 1953","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRaoul Dufy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1953\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubject\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNormandie — SNCF\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e62 × 99 cm (24.5 × 39 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOriginal vintage travel poster\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBacking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFreshly linen backed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA — Overall good condition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an original travel poster created in 1953 by Raoul Dufy for the SNCF — the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français — as part of the celebrated series of railway travel posters that brought the greatest artists of the era to the service of French tourism. The subject is Normandy: the coastal region where Dufy was born, where he first learned to see the sea, and where the chromatic vocabulary that would define his entire career — those brilliant blues, those white-capped waves, those luminous skies — first took root. This is a homecoming in paint, and it shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaoul Dufy\u003c\/strong\u003e (1877–1953), born in Le Havre on the Normandy coast, was one of the supreme colourists of the 20th century — a painter whose work radiates a joy and luminosity that no amount of analysis can fully explain. Shaped early by Fauvism and Cézanne, he developed a uniquely personal language in which flat planes of vibrant colour and a quick, calligraphic line coexist in perpetual celebration: the sea, the races, the concert hall, the harbour in full summer. His posters for the SNCF are among the most sought-after travel posters in the history of the medium, combining the formal confidence of his mature practice with the immediate graphic power that poster design demands. This 1953 Normandie poster holds a particular poignancy: Dufy died in March of that year, making this one of his very last commissions — a final return, in colour and line, to the coast of his childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe golden age of French railway travel posters — the period between the wars and the immediate post-war decades, when the SNCF commissioned Cassandre, Villemot, Brenet, Colin and Dufy to make train travel look like the most beautiful thing in the world — produced some of the most collectible graphic art of the 20th century. This Dufy is among its finest surviving examples: large format, freshly linen backed, in excellent condition, by the artist who understood the sea better than any painter of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster has been freshly linen backed — the gold standard of vintage poster conservation — ensuring the piece is stable, flat, and ready for framing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA luminous farewell — Dufy's final return to Normandy, the coast that made him, in the last year of his life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nbmposter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45591704862829,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/3811\/3082\/files\/raoul_dufy_normandie.png?v=1786327538","url":"https:\/\/www.nbmposter.com\/fr\/products\/original-raoul-dufy-poster-normandie-sncf-1953","provider":"nbmposter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}