Maurice de vlaminck

Oil on canvas; 60 x 81.5 cm. Maurice de Vlaminck, (b. April 4, 1876, Paris, France—d. October 11, 1958, Rueil-la-Gadelière), French painter who was one of the creators of the painting style known as Fauvism. Vlaminck was noted for his brash temperament and broad interests; he was at various times a musician, actor, racing cyclist, and novelist. He was also a self-taught artist who proudly shunned academic training, aside from drawing lessons. In 1900 Vlaminck met the painter André Derain…

Vlaminck's Fauvist style found its greatest expression in the many landscapes he painted around Bougival and Chatou, often in the company of his friend a...

An artist who started his life as a musician, a music teacher and….a professional cyclist became one of the most important and influential painters of the 20th century. Maurice de Vlaminck in focus on #ArtEx only on #galleryIntell

French painter, 1876-1858

Maurice de Vlaminck (France 1876-1958) Vase off Flowers (1905-1906) oil on canvas 47 x 39 cm

Hi everyone todays painting is of one of my favorite painters I used alot of his favorite colors when doing it, his name is Maurice de Vlaminck and was born on the 4th of April 1876 – died 11 October 1958 he was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense color.The turning point in his life was a chance meeting on the train…

Woman Resting by Maurice de Vlaminck

Maurice Vlaminck - La Seine et Le Pecq, 1906 at Kunsthaus Zürich - Zurich Switzerland

The river Seine at Chatou by Vlaminck In an effort to get more art into my blog, I have come up with the idea of these ‘art quotes’. I don’t know where they will lead…