The selected work is “Golfe Juan,” an oil-on-canvas painted by French artist Raoul Dufy in 1927. The painting measures 33” X 40” and is currently housed at the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum. In the painting, a single tree is rooted on a foreground terrace with a view of a seaside village that extends out onto a peninsula.
Dufy utilized numerous formal elements to give “Golfe Juan” depth and interest. Lines are abundant in the painting, adding depth, texture, shape, and even for separating large geographical forms such as land and sea. In the foreground, lines are used to accentuate the features of the tree. The thin, pointed leaves of the tree are composed of thin, straight brushstrokes of near equal length. The bark of the tree receives character and shape from longer, slightly curved, contour lines. The edges of the tree are contrasted from other objects in the painting by the use of dark black lines that lend to the tree's well-defined shape. Thin black lines form houses in......
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