Lithograph on vélin d'Arches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collection Pierre Levy, 1972; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, November 24, 1972. Excerpted from the folio, This album, The seventh in a series dedicated to Mr. Pierre Lévy's collection, was printed in M examples on Arches vélin. Printing was finished on November 24, 1972 by Mourlot for reproductions of the paintings of the Fauves and by Fequet and Baudier for typography. Fernand Mourlot, Paris 1972. KEES VAN DONGEN (1877–1968), born Cornelis Theodorus Maria 'Kees' van Dongen (1877 –1968) was a Dutch-French painter who was one of the leading Fauves. Fauves was coined by art critic Louis Vauxcelles for the group of artist that used bright colors. By 1905 he had left the influence of his training and symbolism style to become more controversial by exhibiting at the Salon d’Automne exhibit with a more radical form and color. His most important period is considered to be 1905-1920 where he focused on dancers, singers, masquerades, theater and all types of after-hours life. When he started to exhibit in Paris with Matisse, Derain, Marquet, Vlaminck, Camoin and Puy, he moved into a more avante-garde styling. Other artist that were moving to this form included, i Vlaminck, Friesz, Rousseau, Delaunay, Marquet, and Vuillard. These painters all felt the need to renew their methods of painting. Van Dongen (married to Augusta Preitinger by now) moved to Montmartre in 1906 where he was part of Pablo Picasso’s circle. He sold paintings, did sketches for a newspaper and held costume balls which he charge admission for all to make money. It was after the World War I that he started to create the lush colors of his Fauvist style. This helped cement a reputation in the upper class of France where he had a demand for his portraits. By 1959, Kees van Dongen was not living Monaco. Nine years later he would die. A large part of his work is held by the New National Museum of Monaco. less
Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)Dutch, French fauvist painter, known for his vibrant paintings and prints of almond-eyed women and bourgeois leisure scenes.
‘Painting is the most beautiful of lies.’ – Kees van Dongen 1918. La Casati by Kees Van Dongen Kees van Dongen was a Dutch born French Fauvist painter famous for his sensual, some…
Kees Van Dongen , French painter from Dutch origin. Paris, by 1930.
Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)Dutch, French fauvist painter, known for his vibrant paintings and prints of almond-eyed women and bourgeois leisure scenes.
Kees van Dongen (Dutch/French, 1877-1968) – Portrait de Mademoiselle Erna Carise (Oil on canvas) – Rather than focusing on color, he sought to capture the elongated, supine elegance of …
Kees Van Dongen , French painter from Dutch origin. Paris, by 1930.
A stunning offset lithograph, print, of the painting "Dancers" (1906) by Dutch-French painter Kees van Dongen (1877-1968). Printed on one side. Hand tipped-in on a board of heavy paper. Numbered on the board: XIII. Information regarding the original artwork will be found by lifting the piece, in German. Comes from a rare Limited German Edition art folio published by Editions du Chene in France, in 1950. Excellent condition - minor edge wear on the board, never framed. Overall 10.70"W x 14.25"H Image 8.55"W x 10.90"H less
Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)Dutch, French fauvist painter, known for his vibrant paintings and prints of almond-eyed women and bourgeois leisure scenes.
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Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)Dutch, French fauvist painter, known for his vibrant paintings and prints of almond-eyed women and bourgeois leisure scenes.
‘Painting is the most beautiful of lies.’ – Kees van Dongen 1918. La Casati by Kees Van Dongen Kees van Dongen was a Dutch born French Fauvist painter famous for his sensual, some…
Kees Van Dongen (1877 – 1968) was a Dutch painter. He was born in Delfshaven and trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. In 1897 he moved to Paris where he spent much of the rest of his life. He first worked in a somewhat Impressionist manner, but over time his paintings became increasingly colored and bold. By 1906 he had joined a group of artists called Les Fauves, or “the wild beasts.” (Van Dongen, Kees. Le Coquelicot "The Corn Poppy," c. 1919. oil on canvas.) Les Fauves, was a short-lived and loose grouping of early 20th century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. This group was lead by the famous Henri Matisse and was later known as Fauvism. (Van Dongen, Kees. Portrait of a Woman. oil on canvas.) Two years later Van Dongen briefly joined the German Expressionist group, Die Brüke, or “The Bridge,” whose paintings were also brightly colored and often wrought with emotional intensity. (Van Dongen, Kees. Woman in Black Hat c. 1908. oil on canvas.) Woman in Black Hat was one of several paintings he made of women in hats that are minimal in composition but are charged with a sensuous undertone. The restricted palette of green, red and black and the simple forms with sparing use of lines make the image intensely focused. (Van Dongen, Kees. Portrait of a Woman with Long Hair, c. 1897. oil on canvas.) Van Dongen painted a number of society portraits and supplemented his income by providing humorous illustrations for the French newspaper Revue Blanche, but the quality of his later works never matched that from his earliest career. He spent many years shifting from one style to the next trying to figure out his true identity. Because of this, there is a great deal of variety in his artwork over the course of his life, and his work is much appreciated here! Enjoy :) Reference: Farthing, S. 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die. New York: Universe Publishing, 2006.
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Кес ван Донген родился в 1877 году, в Голландии, в Дельфсхафене близ Роттердама. В 1892 году, в шестнадцатилетнем возрасте он поступил в Королевскую Академию изящных искусств в Роттердаме, где проучился пять лет. В 1899 году Ван Донген переезжает в Париж. В Париже Кес участвует в различных…
Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)Dutch, French fauvist painter, known for his vibrant paintings and prints of almond-eyed women and bourgeois leisure scenes.
Kees van Dongen, was a Dutch painter and one of the Fauves. He gained a reputation for his sensuous, at times garish, portraits. He was born in the suburbs of Rotterdam. In 1892 van Dongen started his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. Between 1892 to 1897, he frequented the Red Quarter seaport area, where he drew scenes of sailors and prostitutes. In 1899 he went to Paris. He began to exhibit in Paris, including the controversial 1905 exhibition Salon d'Automne, in a room featuring Matisse and others. The bright colors of this group of artists led to them being called Fauves ('Wild Beasts'). He was also briefly a member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke (The Bridge). He was part of an avant-garde wave of painters—Maurice de Vlaminck, Othon Friesz, Henri Rousseau, Robert Delaunay, Albert Marquet, Edouard Vuillard—who incarnated hopes of a renewal in painting stuck in Neo-impressionism. In 1906 he moved to 13 rue Ravignan, where he was friends with the circle surrounding Pablo Picasso. Under the influence of Jasmy Jacob, amongst others, Kees van Dongen developed the lush colors of his Fauvist style. This gained him a solid reputation with the French bourgeoisie. As a fashionable portraitist his subjects included Arletty, Leopold III of Belgium and Maurice Chevalier. With a playful cynicism he remarked of his popularity as a portraitist with high society women; ' The essential thing is to elongate the women and especially to make them slim. After that it just remains to enlarge their jewels. They are ravished.' A remark that allies itself to another of his sayings - ' Painting is the most beautiful of lies.' In 1926 he was awarded the Legion of Honour and in 1927 the Order of the Crown of Belgium. In 1929 he received French nationality and two of his works were admitted to the Musée du Luxembourg.
