The Dutch artist spent all his summers, from 1913 to 1963, in the seaside town that inspired him so much. Fair return. the city presents him with his first solo exhibition until September.
To each his own absolute landscape. Artist Kees Van Dongen is Deauville, a blossoming shore with its light and its skies that echo his native Holland. His first trip to Normandy began in 1903. This is evidenced by several paintings in Tashist style. A decade later, in 1913, Van Dongen, a leading figure in the new painting movement Fauvism, came to Deauville for the first time, following in the footsteps of Jonkind, the predecessor of Impressionism.
From 1919, invited by the management every year to the Hotel Normandy, he took up his summer residence in Deauville. And from October 1920 he exhibited twenty-four paintings taken at the seaside resort in his Paris studio at Villa Said. It is natural that the city dedicates its first monographic exhibition to the artist. Van Dongen. “Deauville fits me like a glove.” Sixty canvases and forty works on paper tell the story of this love affair. He likes everything. events.
Deauville always expressed his gratitude to him. After the war he was made an honorary citizen, he produced the city’s centennial poster in 1961. Today, Les Franciscaines Museum, opened in 2021, brings together an unprecedented series of works.
Van Dongen, Deauville fits me like a glove. until September 25, at Deauville.lesfranciscaines.fr
Source: Le Figaro
