(Rotterdam, 1877- Monte Carlo, 1968)
Dutch-born French painter and printmaker, who gained international reputation as a leading artist of nudes and female portraits.
Dongen graduated from first starting-off as an Impressionist artist to Fauvism and held his first exhibition at the prestigious Vollard Gallery, in 1904. His most famous artwork I the Tango of Archangel, a triptych depicting a naked girl dancing with a man wearing a tuxedo. He has been widely exhibited at the leading European museums, such as the Boymans Museum in Rotterdam and Musée National d´Art Moderne in Paris.
Museums and Collections:
Museo Hermitage St Petersburg, Russia.
Accademia Carrara Bergamo, Italy.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, U.S.
Musée du Luxembourg Paris, France.
Musée d'Art Moderne Lille, France.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Argentina.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, U.S.
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Canada
New Orleans Museum of Art Louisiana, U.S.
Palazzo Ruspoli Roma, Italy.
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Iran.