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Kees van Dongen

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kees van Dongen , 1877-1968, Dutch painter who worked in Paris. After moving to Paris in 1897, he met Matisse and became an exponent of fauvism eight years later. A precocious technician, he produced brilliant figure studies and portraits but soon left the movement to become a fashionable portraitist. Author not available, DONGEN, KEES VAN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Kees van Dongen
Kees van Dongen Kees van Dongen (1877-1968), born in Holland and a naturalized Frenchman, began...reputation as a portraitist and socialite. Cornelis Theodorus Marie ("Kees") van Dongen was born at Delfshaven, a suburb of Rotterdam, on January 26... Read more

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Dongen, Kees van (1877–1968). Dutch-born painter and printmaker who became a French citizen in 1929. He was born in Delfshaven, the son of...his pictures was removed from the Salon d'Automne by the police on the grounds of alleged indecency. After the First World War van Dongen became ... Read more

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