trees at lestaque raoul dufyThis work marks an experimental phase for Raoul Dufy, strongly influenced by the analytical cubism of Georges Braque, whom he had met a few years earlier. The village of L'Estaque, near Marseille, is a place frequently depicted by modern painters, particularly Czanne, and here becomes the setting for an investigation into landscape structure. The scene depicts a steep undergrowth, with sloping trunks and steep slopes. The painting is based on a