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Maurice de Vlaminck Biography
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1876 |
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Born in Paris, April
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1879 |
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Settled the western Parisian suburb of Le Vésinet with his musician parents
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1894 |
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Married (had many children)
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1896 - 1899 |
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Military service. After the war, he earned money giving music lessons and as a bicycle courier
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1900 |
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Met Monet and befriended André Dérain
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1904 |
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Exhibited in the Galerie Berthe Weill in Paris where he met Matisse and others of his circle
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1905 |
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Showed at the Salon des Indépendants. Later that year his work was included in the famous cage aux fauves at the Salon d’Automne in the company of Matisse, Marquet, Dérain, Rouault, Manguin, Camoin, Puy and Friesz.
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1919 |
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Exhibited at Druet and later was represented in a number of Exhibitions devoted to Fauvism
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1951 |
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Exhibited at the Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne de Paris
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1952 - 1953 |
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Exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
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1955 |
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Honoured by his family’s country of origin with his election as a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
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1957 |
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Exhibited at the Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne de Paris
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1962 |
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Exhibited at the Galerie Charpentier in Paris
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1987 |
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The Museum of Fine Arts in Chartres held an exhibition of his work
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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El espejo y la máscara. El retrato en el siglo de Picasso, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
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2005
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The splendid palette, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
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2004
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Fauve Painting in the Permanent Collection, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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2004
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Auswahl, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
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2004
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Masterpieces from the National Museum in Belgrade, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
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2003
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EXPRESSIV! Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
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2002
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La collezione Rau. Sei secoli di grande pittura europea, GAMeC - Galleria dArte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
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2002
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Wühlen in Farben, Wälzen in Klängen Aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
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2002
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Maurice de Vlaminck - Katsuzo Satomi - Yuzo Saeki, Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima
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2002
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The Unexpected - Artists Ceramics of the Twentieth Century, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
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2001
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Le Fauvisme en noir et blanc, Musée dart moderne de Céret, Céret
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2001
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Classics, Galerie Beyeler, Basel
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2000
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La révolte de la couleur. De limpressionnisme aux avant-gardes. Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels
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2000
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Farbe > Licht, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
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1999
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Masterprints, Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
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1999
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La joie de vivre, Galerie BECK & EGGELING, Duesseldorf
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1998
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Exhibition of the century, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington
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Museums: Antwerp, Avignon, Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Chartres, Chicago, Epinal, Grenoble, Le Havre, London (Tate Gallery), Munich, Nantes, New York (Museum of Modern Art), Ottowa, Paris (Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne, Musée du Petit Palais, Bibliothèque Nationale), St Tropez, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Troyes, Washington DC (National Gallery).
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