Artist: Kees Van Dongen (1877 - 1968)
Nationality: Dutch
Movement: Fauvism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Kees van Dongen moved to Paris in 1897 and eventually became a French citizen in 1929. His initial style was Impressionist but he eventually joined the Fauves in 1906. Two years later, he was exhibiting with the Die Brucke group, mostly painting his somewhat erotic female nudes in their Expressionist fashion. Sometimes controversial, one of Dongen’s works was seized by the police from the 1913 Salon d’Automne on the grounds that is was indecent. He then began painting fashionable women subjects from high society, earning him international recognition after World War I. The height of his career occurred before 1920, and Dongen spent his late life in Monaco.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (10)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Kees van Dongen, Woman with a fan, circa 1920
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Kees van Dongen, Head of a Woman, circa 1920 - 1930
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Kees van Dongen, At the Folies Bergeres, 19th - 20th century
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Kees van Dongen, Woman watching a steeplechase, 19th - 20th century
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Kees van Dongen, Portrait of a Young Woman, 19th - 20th century
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Kees van Dongen - Saida c. 1913 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Kees Van Dongen - Modjesko c. 1906 gouache, crayon, and Arkansas Arts Center Dutch
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Kees van Dongen - Woman in a Green Hat 1905 oil on cardboard New Orleans Museum of Art Dutch
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Kees van Dongen - Modjesko, Soprano Singer 1908 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Dutch
Museum of Fine Arts -
Ernest Kees, French Fan France, (Paris), about 1890 Silk silk leaf backed with net and

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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Pierre Gianadda Foundation: Russian Icons, the Saints
Noted for its outstanding exhibitions the Fondation Gianadda, constructed over Roman ruins, since its opening in 1978, has presented works by such distinguished artists as Chagall, Gauguin, van Gogh, Kahlo, Kandinsky, Lautrec, M...
Montreal Museum of Fine Art: From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie
The exhibition will feature eighty-one masterpieces from the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection of the Musée national de l'Orangerie in Paris: fourteen paintings by Cézanne, six Derain...
Nexus Modern Art: Buenos Diaz modern art
Artistas Argentinos Bouwman, a well known figure in Holland, e.g. to his many television appearances in a popular Arts & Antiques program, first came across Raul Diaz paintings on the Artistas Argentinos exhibition in Amsterdam, 1997. Now, two years...
National Gallery: Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting
Artists bring dress and drapery to life, showing us how to see and feel it. In responding to contemporary fashion, they present to each age a compelling image of how clothes should be worn. The exhibition opens with a striking series of paired pai...
Van Gogh Museum: Paul Signac: Marter of Pointilism
Often wrongly considered to be a mere follower of the better known Georges Seurat, the exhibition follows the course of his varied career from his earliest works in an Impressionist style, through the Neo-Impressionist phase ...

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