Deauville, Drying the Sails - 1933 Deauville, le s嶰hage des voiles by Raoul Dufy in the Tate Gallery Raoul Dufy (June 3, 1877 - March 23, 1953) was a French Fauvist painter born in Le Havre in Normandy. He developed a colourful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs for ceramics, textiles and decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. ?006 TopFoto