biography of Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)

Personal data


Birth : 01/26/1877 - Delfshaven, Netherlands
Death : 05/28/1968 - Monaco, Monaco
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Netherlands

Education

Pupil of / student of Jan STRIENING [ 1827-1903 ]
Pupil of / student of Johannes Gerardus HEYBERG [ 1869-1952 ]
Academie beeldende Kunsten – Rotterdam, Netherlands

Professional data


Work and Life

1959:Lived and worked in Monaco, Monaco
1929:French Nationality
1921:Traveled to Venezia, Italy
1920 – 1930:Many Stays in Cannes, Deauville, Paris, France
1910 – 1912:Traveled to Spain, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt
1905 – 1906:Friend of PICASSO Pablo
1901:Married to Augusta Preitinger
1900:Lived and worked in Paris, France
1897:Traveled to New York NY, USA
1897:Traveled to Paris, France
Met VLAMINCK de Maurice
Met DERAIN André
Met JACOB Max
Met SALMON André
Friend of TEN CATE Siebe Johannes
Met PECHSTEIN Hermann Max
Met LUCE Maximilien
Met CROSS Henri Edmond
Met SIGNAC Paul


Other professions

Illustrator

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil
Print-Multiple : Etching - Lithograph - Print
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Gouache - Ink - Wash - Watercolour

Subject

women
flowers
marine
nude
landscape
portrait
society problems
genre scene

Movements and styles

Expressionism
Fauvism
School of Paris

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

Van Dongen du Nord au Sud
Musée Fleury – Lodève, France
04/26/2004 – 10/31/2004

2002

Van Dongen
Fondation Pierre Gianadda – Martigny, Switzerland
01/25/2002 – 06/09/2002

1997

Van Dongen retrouvé
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Lyon, France
1997

Van Dongen retrouvé
Institut Néerlandais – Paris, France
1997

1990

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1990

Rétrospective
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
1990

1967

Retrospective
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1967

Rétrospective
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
1967

1925

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune – Paris, France
1925

1921

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune – Paris, France
1921

1918

Galerie Paul Guillaume – Paris, France
1918

1914

Galerie Cassirer – Berlin, Germany
1914

1913

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune – Paris, France
1913

1905

Galerie Berthe Weill – Paris, France
1905

Galerie Druet – Paris, France
1905

1904

Rétrospective
Galerie Vollard – Paris, France
1904

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Landau Fine Art – 1456 Sherbrooke Street West – Montréal QC, Canada

KunstRAI
Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/15/2002 – 05/20/2002
Represented by : Galerie Delaive – Spiegelgracht 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

KunstRAI, n° 17
Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/05/2001 – 06/10/2001
Represented by : Galerie Delaive – Spiegelgracht 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Delaive – Spiegelgracht 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

1913

Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1913

1905

Salon d’Automne, n°3
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
1905

1904

Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1904

Salon des Artistes Indépendants
Paris, France
1904


Group exhibitions

2008

Salon du Printemps
Dolf D. Van Omme – Amsterdam, Netherlands
03/20/2008 – 04/05/2008

2004

Paris Painters: From Renoir to Picasso: the Osacr Ghez Collection
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
10/02/2004 – 01/23/2005

1979

Paris Moscou
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1979

Legals