◧ Artist: Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)
◧ Country: Netherlands/France
◧ Title: [The Violinist (La Violoniste)]
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 81 × 60 cm
◧ Museum: Museum La Boverie, Liège, Belgium
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◧ County of Stamp Issue: Belgium
◧ Date of Issue: January 17, 2005
◧ Face Value: 0.50+0.12 Euro (Semipostal)
◧ Issued as a part of "Promotion of Philately" series.
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Kees Van Dongen participated in 1905 Salon, where the Fauvism was coined. Van Dongen exhibited along with Henri Matisse, Maurice de Vlaminck and Andre Derain among others and became one of the original "Fauves". Van Dongen was also belonged to the German Expressionist group called "Die Brücke".
Van Dongen, who was Netherlands-born, French artist, died in Monaco, represented both Fauvism and German Expressionism.
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