circus horses raoul dufyThis work is in keeping with Raoul Dufy's taste for show scenes, and in particular the world of the circus. The picture evokes an equestrian representation, not in a realistic setting, but as a sequence of stylized, almost choreographed figures. The composition seems like a sketch from his imagination. The painting shows several horses in motion, spread over the entire surface, with a costumed trainer in the center. The animals are painted in light