Born in the town of Chateauneuf sur Sarthe in 1901, Raymond Dalifard became a painter residing in Montmartre, Paris and painting during the period 1930-1970.
A self-taught painter, Raymond Dalifard never received formal artistic training, so he painted instinctively. He developed a highly personal technique and style preferring oil painting rather than works on paper.
Dalifart was influenced by the struggles of the avant-gardes of the 20th century and succeeded in finding his own path, completely original and outside the groups and schools that abounded around him.While always remaining close to the subject he is dealing with, Dalifard transforms it by stylizing volumes, flattening and simplifying them in order to bring out their essence. He does the same with colors, which results in canvases inhabited by large areas of intense colors, with a smoothed surface.
He enjoyed critical success through his many exhibits at the Salon des Indépendants. After the Second World War, he also exhibited at the Salon des Surindépendants. Raymond Dalifard died in 1975. In 1976, the Salon des Indépendants dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, in which six paintings, only six but carefully selected for their significance, bear witness to every aspect of Dalifard’s creative temperament.
