When was the oldest painting by Maurice de Vlaminck sold?
Maurice DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958) (France) is an artist born in 1876 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a drawing-watercolor sold in 1983, at Christie’s , and the most recent auction result is a painting sold in 2019.
Who was Maurice de Vlaminck and what did he do?
… Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) 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 colour.
When did Maurice de Vlaminck paint sur le zinc?
Two of Vlaminck’s groundbreaking paintings, Sur le zinc (At the Bar) and L’homme a la pipe (Man Smoking a Pipe) were painted in 1900. For the next few years Vlaminck lived in or near Chatou (the inspiration for his painting houses at Chatou), painting and exhibiting alongside Derain, Matisse, and other Fauvist painters.
What did Maurice de Vlaminck say about Picasso?
Resentful that Fauvism had been overtaken by Cubism as an art movement Vlaminck blamed Picasso “for dragging French painting into a wretched dead end and state of confusion”. During the Second World War Vlaminck visited Germany and on his return published a tirade against Picasso and Cubism in the periodical Comoedia in June 1942.
What did Maurice de Vlaminck paint in 1901?
Indeed, after seeing van Gogh’s retrospective in 1901, Vlaminck was deeply inspired by the artist and declared, “I loved van Gogh that day better than my own father!” This landscape painting represents a view from the riverbank looking toward a bridge at Bezons between Chatou and Argenteuil.
Where did Maurice de Vlaminck live in Paris?
Vlaminck lived and worked for over a decade in the small town, Chatou. This painting captures a view from the Île de Chatou in the Seine river, which also runs through Paris. The view is framed by two trees, a conventional device of landscape painting.
What did Maurice de Vlaminck want to burn down?
“I wanted to burn down the Ecole de Beaux Arts with my cobalts and vermilions and I wanted to express my feelings with my brushes without troubling what painting was like before me… Life and me, me and life.” “I try to paint with my heart and my loins, not bothering about style.”
Resentful that Fauvism had been overtaken by Cubism as an art movement Vlaminck blamed Picasso “for dragging French painting into a wretched dead end and state of confusion”. During the Second World War Vlaminck visited Germany and on his return published a tirade against Picasso and Cubism in the periodical Comoedia in June 1942.
