Top 4 Kees van Dongen Quotes

Dutch painter (1877-1968)

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.

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Alternative Names: Cornelis Theodorus Maria Kees van Dongen • Cornelis Theodorus Maria Dongen • Cornelis T. M. Van Dongen • Cornelis Theodorus Maria Van Dongen • Cornelius T. M. van Dongen • Kees Dongen • Cornelius Theodorus Marie Kees van Dongen • Cornelius Theodorus Marie Dongen • Kees Van Dongen • Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen • kees van dongen • Cornelis T.M. Van Dongen • Cornelius T.M. van Dongen • Cornelis Theodorus Maria (Kees) van Dongen

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in: Dossier pédagogique, Service culturel, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Mars 2011

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.

Life is beautiful, and this work is even more beautiful than life.

Painting is the most beautiful lie.