Maurice de Vlaminck

French painter (1876-1958) · France · Artists · Died at 82

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He painted with colors so violent they shocked Paris in 1905, part of the Fauve wave that treated canvases like arenas for pure, uncut pigment.

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1958Died11 October 19581952“Translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but above all a human one.”In their wordsQuote of De Vlaminck; as cited in Les Fauves, The Museum of Modern Art; Simon & Schuster, New York, 1952; quoted in 'Becoming an Artist' onRead the whole statement

1940“[Picasso is guilty of] having dragged French painting into the most dismal 'impasse' and of having led it into in describable confusion.”In their wordsQuote from Vlaminck's text 'Portraits', c. 1940-42; as cited in 'Dangerous Corner', Maurice de Vlaminck; transl. after 'Tournant Dangereux,Read the whole statement

1929“The war [World War 1] gave me a certainty of belief. I grew aware of the bankruptcy of theories, of the theories of intellectuals as well as artists.”In their wordsp. 17-18Read the whole statement

“My father was a violinist, my mother a pianist. I was born into a world of music...The practicing of my father's pupils accompanied every thought and action of my childish life.”In their wordsp. 27Read the whole statement

1915“..a revolt against an established order in painting, a revolt against an established order in society, a same spirit of provocation..”In their wordsQuote of De Vlaminck before 1915; as cited in Derain et Vlaminck: 1900-1915, by Jacqueline Munck and Maïthé Vallès-Bled; catalogue ofRead the whole statement

1892“For me, the discovery of the outside-world, dates from my acquisition of a bicycle [c. 1892]. I spent whole days on the high-roads.”In their wordsp. 46Read the whole statement

1876Born4 April 1876

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Derain et Vlaminck en 1942

'The Two Haystacks' (1950) by Maurice de Vlaminck - Museo Soumaya - Mexico 2024

1931-11-23 Fritz Schön Briefkopf von Ascona an Ferdinand-Möller in Berlin, Anfrage zum Preis für Gemälde von Lyonel Feininger, Maurice de Vlaminck und Franz Marc

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Maurice de Vlaminck en 1942

Maurice de vlaminck, natura morta con caraffa, 1914

Neue Kunst - Katalog der II. Gesamtausstellung 1913 (25823060)

Pierre tombale Vlaminck cimetière Rueil-la-Gadelière Eure-et-Loir (France)

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Maurice de Vlaminck

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Translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but above all a human one.
1952, Quote of De Vlaminck; as cited in Les Fauves, The Museum of Modern Art; Simon & Schuster, New York, 1952; quoted in 'Becoming an Artist' on, Own words
The thought of becoming a painter never as much as occurred to me. I would have laughed out loud if someone had suggested that I choose painting as a career.
1941, Quote of De Vlaminck; as cited in Vlaminck, Klaus G. Perls, The Hyperion Press, New York 1941, p. 51, Own words
[Picasso is guilty of] having dragged French painting into the most dismal 'impasse' and of having led it into in describable confusion.
1940, Quote from Vlaminck's text 'Portraits', c. 1940-42; as cited in 'Dangerous Corner', Maurice de Vlaminck; transl. after 'Tournant Dangereux,, Own words

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Maurice de Vlaminck was born on April 4, 1876, in France. By 1904 he'd joined André Derain and Henri Matisse in what became the Fauve movement - modern artists united by their use of intense, nearly aggressive color. The group held together through 1908, but it was the 1905 Salon d'Automne that made them notorious, Vlaminck among the figures at the center of the controversy. He continued painting until his death on October 11, 1958, outliving the movement by half a century.

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