Kees van Dongen (1877 - 1968)
Figures on the beach, Deauville (France)
Oil on canvas 38 x 61 cm, signed lower right and executed ca 1929
Annotation on the reverse:
'Tide'.
Provenance:
Private coll., Paris.
Exhibition:
Loan request, Les Franciscaines Deauville, Kees van Dongen, Deauville m'allait comme un gant, 2 Jul-25 Sep. 2022.This work will be included in the digital Catalogue Raisonné, Kees van Dongen (1877-1968), in preparation by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute New York/Paris ref.no. 21.09.30/20915.
Kees van Dongen, painter of colorful portraits of women
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) is perhaps the most French artist in the Netherlands. He was born in Delftshaven into a family that was not well-off. His talent for drawing was quickly recognized, but there was no money for an education, let alone an art school. The fourteen-year-old Kees was sent out to work. He was barely nineteen when he left for Rotterdam alone. Kees van Dongen ma ...
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