the gate raoul dufyIn the 1930s, Raoul Dufy moved towards a more decorative and structured style of painting, with a strong emphasis on ornamental motifs. The gate illustrates this interest in architectural elements treated as subjects in their own right. This is not a simple landscape detail, but a graphic exploration of an ironwork motif, worked for its own sake. The painting shows a wrought iron gate painted blue, occupying almost all the space on the canvas. Behind