Kees van Dongen

thumb|Kees van Dongen in his studio circa 1910 Cornelis Theodorus Maria 'Kees' van Dongen (26 January 1877 – 28 May 1968) was a Dutch-French painter and one of the Fauves at the controversial 1905 Salon d'Automne exhibition. He gained a reputation for his sensuous, at times garish, portraits. Quotes Painting is the most beautiful lie. in: Modern Dutch painting: an introduction, Netherlands Information Service, (1960), p. 26 Alternative:Painting is the most beautiful of lies. in: Dossier pédagogique, Service culturel, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Mars 2011 Life is beautiful, and this work is even more beautiful than life. in: Modern Dutch painting: an introduction, Netherlands Information Service, (1960), p. 26 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. in: Dossier pédagogique, Service culturel, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Mars 2011 Quotes about Kees van Dongen His sarcastic images made no attempt to disguise moral and physical defects. Van Dongen created a feminine type that was half drawing-room prostitute, half sidewalk princess; her murky eyes, livid face with blood- red mouth, spindly arms, and exaggeratedly thin body adorned with sparkling jewels and veiled in silk or tulle, or stripped cynically nude. Praeger encyclopedia of art, Vol 2, 1971, p. 550 External links Category:1877 births Category:1968 deaths Category:Painters from the Netherlands Category:Painters from France Category:People from Rotterdam