Kees van Dongen - Fierce Among the Fauves

Kees van Dongen - Le Coquelicot (The Corn Poppy) - c. 1919 - Oil on canvas - 21 1/2 x 18 in - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (click photo for larger image)Dutch Fauvist painter, Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) was one of the most imaginative modernists. He came to notice as a result of his sensuous--sometimes gawdy--portraits. Fauvism was a movement all about violent color--a perfect vocabulary for this ingenious artist!
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