Biography of Kees van Dongen

Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen (Rotterdam-delfshaven, 26 January 1877-Monte Carlo, 28 May 1968) was a painter born in Netherlands, that a large part of his life in France. With his work, he was one of the most important Dutch representatives of fauvism. Vaughan is known for its many paintings of the female nude. For him the woman was ' the most beautiful landscape ': the woman was his "Muse". Later in his career (after 1918), he dedicated himself mainly on painting portraits of the Paris ' society '. One of his most famous models was Brigitte Bardot. His social and commercial activities, as most experts, at the expense of the artistic level he had in his younger years.

A selection of museums where works by van Dongen is on display: California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Dutch Lithography museum, National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam,, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco , Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.