About

KEES VAN DONGEN
Kees van Dongen was born on January 26th 1877, in Delfshaven near Rotterdam. Early in his artistic activity, he was inspired by the Impressionists and influenced by their style. Van Dongen studied at the Academy of Rotterdam but did not finish his studies there. He made a living working for the magazines Groene and Rotterdam Neusblad. He published drawings of daily life around the harbor that created a scandal.
In 1897, he went to Paris, where he lived at the Bateau-Lavoir. There he worked as an illustrator for La Revue Blanche and L'Assiette au Beurre. In 1903, Van Dongen …