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Maurice de Vlaminck Art

French, 1876-1958
Maurice de Vlaminck was a French painter, best known as one of the spearheads of the Fauvism movement at the start of the 20th century. His reputation rests predominantly on his landscapes, though he also produced still lifes and portraits. Born in Paris in 1876, Vlaminck had relatively little artistic training and, as a young man, dreamt of becoming a professional cyclist. A chance encounter in 1900, however, when he was nearing the end of his national service in the army, proved fateful. It was with the budding artist, André Derain, whom he met when a train they were aboard derailed. The pair lived in the small town of Chatou, a few miles along the River Seine from Paris, and they chose to complete their homeward journey from the French capital that day on foot. They struck up a friendship, and before long were sharing a studio. Derain and Vlaminck would become, alongside Henri Matisse, the driving forces behind Fauvism, the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. Partly inspired by the recent innovations of Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, it was characterised by aggressive brushwork, simplified forms and intense non-naturalistic colours. Its name came from the reaction of a critic in 1905 who compared the artists to fauves (‘wild beasts’). Vlaminck enjoyed painting in primary colours, and is particularly associated with scenes set in and around Chatou. Standout examples include Restaurant de la Machine à Bougival (1905) (today found in the Musée d'Orsay) and The Seine at Chatou (1906) (found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York). The poet Guillaume Apollinaire hailed Vlaminck as ‘the wildest of the Fauves’. In the years immediately before the outbreak of World War I, the artist’s style shifted. His palette grew slightly more sombre, and there was a greater emphasis on solidity and a landscape's underlying structure. This revealed the influence of Paul Cezanne — the subject of a ground-breaking, posthumous retrospective in Paris in 1907. Vlaminck worked in a munitions factory during the war. His paintings after it were much darker and more realistic than those with which he had made his name. He died in 1958, aged 82.
(Biography provided by David Koppel)
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Artist: Maurice de Vlaminck
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By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Norwich, GB
Maurice de Vlaminck was a French painter, best known as one of the spearheads of the Fauvism movement at the start of the 20th century. His reputation rests predominantly on his land...
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Watercolor

"Les Challonges" original lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1958 at the Mourlot atelier, and published by Andre Sauret in an edition of 2000. Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (242 x 310 mm). Signed ...
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1950s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Bougival
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bougival Woodcut, 1914 Signed and numbered in pencil Edition 30, this numberd 22 Printed on laid Van Gelder Zonen paper Published by Henri Kanweiler, Paris Printed by Paul Birault, Paris Bougival is located west of Paris, on the left bank of the River Seine. This woodcut was inspired by Vlaminck's 1905 Fauvist masterpiece of the same title in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Art. An impression of this image is in the Yale Univeristy Art Gallery, Condition: Very slight sun staining, otherrwise very good Image/block size: 13 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches Sheet size: 19 1/8 x 22 1/8 inches Reference: Walterskirchen 11b Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse, he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense colour.] Vlaminck was one of the Fauves at the controversial Salon d'Automne exhibition of 1905. Life Maurice de Vlaminck was born on Rue Pierre Lescot in Paris. His father Edmond Julien was Flemish and taught violin and his mother Joséphine Caroline Grillet came from Lorraine and taught piano His father taught him to play the violin.[3] He began painting in his late teens. In 1893, he studied with a painter named Henri Rigalon on the Île de Chatou In 1894 he married Suzanne Berly. The turning point in his life was a chance meeting on the train to Paris towards the end of his stint in the army. Vlaminck, then 23 and already active in anarchist circles in Paris, met an aspiring artist, André Derain, with whom he struck up a lifelong friendship.] When Vlaminck completed his army service in 1900, the two rented a studio together, the Maison Levanneur, which now houses the Cneai,[6] for a year before Derain left to do his own military service. In 1902 and 1903 he wrote several mildly pornographic novels illustrated by Derain. He painted during the day and earned his livelihood by giving violin lessons and performing with musical bands at night. Vlaminck participated in the controversial 1905 Salon d'Automne exhibition. After viewing the boldly colored canvases of Vlaminck, Henri Matisse, André Derain, Albert Marquet, Kees van Dongen, Charles Camoin, and Jean Puy, the art critic Louis Vauxcelles disparaged the painters as "fauves" (wild beasts), thus giving their movement the name by which it became known, Fauvism. In 1911, Vlaminck traveled to London and painted by the Thames. In 1913, he painted again with Derain in Marseille and Martigues. In World War I he was stationed in Paris, and began writing poetry. Eventually he settled in Rueil-la-Gadelière, a small village south-west of Paris. He married his second wife, Berthe Combes, with whom he had two daughters. From 1925 he traveled throughout France, but continued to paint primarily along the Seine, near Paris. Resentful that Fauvism had been overtaken by Cubism as an art movement Vlaminck blamed Picasso "for dragging French painting into a wretched dead end and state of confusion". During the Second World War, Vlaminck visited Germany and on his return published a tirade against Picasso and Cubism in the periodical Comoedia in June 1942. Vlaminck wrote many autobiographies. Vlaminck died in Rueil-la-Gadelière on 11 October 1958. Artistic career Two of Vlaminck's groundbreaking paintings, Sur le zinc (At the Bar) and L'homme a la pipe (Man Smoking a Pipe) were painted in 1900. For the next few years Vlaminck lived in or near Chatou (the inspiration for his painting houses at Chatou), painting and exhibiting alongside Derain, Matisse, and other Fauvist painters. At this time his exuberant paint application and vibrant use of colour displayed the influence of Vincent van Gogh. Sur le zinc called to mind the work of Toulouse-Lautrec and his portrayals of prostitutes and solitary drinkers, but does not attempt to probe the sitter's psychology—a break with the century-old European tradition of individualized portraiture. According to art critic Souren Melikian, it is "the impersonal cartoon of a type. In his landscape paintings, his approach was similar. He ignored the details, with the landscape becoming a vehicle through which he could express mood through violent colour and brushwork. An example is Sous bois, painted in 1904. The following year, he began to experiment with "deconstruction," turning the physical world into dabs and streaks of colour that convey a sense of motion. His paintings Le Pont de Chatou (The Chatou Bridge), Les Ramasseurs de pommes de terre (The Potato Pickers...
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1910s Fauvist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Woodcut

original woodcut
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Printed in Paris in 1927 on Arches paper, and issued in a limited edition of 750 for the artist's own "Histoires & Poemes d...
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1920s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Woodcut

La Route nationale
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Basel, CH
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (PARIS, 1876 – RUEIL-LA-GADELIÈRE, 1952) La Route nationale Vers 1935 Huile sur toile 54 x 65 cm Signée en bas à gauche Certificat Wildenstein – Plattner La route...
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1930s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Oil

"Houses in Beauce" original lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1958 at the Mourlot atelier, and published by Andre Sauret in an edition of 2000. Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (242 x 310 mm). Signed ...
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1950s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

"Valley of the Avre" original lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1958 at the Mourlot atelier, and published by Andre Sauret in an edition of 2000. Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (242 x 310 mm). Signed ...
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1950s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

"Potiniere at Rueil" original lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1958 at the Mourlot atelier, and published by Andre Sauret in an edition of 2000. Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (242 x 310 mm). Signed ...
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1950s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

"The Road" original lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1958 by Mourlot in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 1/4 x 19 inches (310 x 475mm). There is a center fold, as published. Signed in the pl...
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1950s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

original lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1921 on Lafuma-Navarre wove paper, and issued in a limited edition of 300 for Georges Duhamel's "Trois journees de la tribu". Size: t...
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1920s Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Village - Etching by M. de Vlaminck - 1950
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Roma, IT
Village is a modern artwork realized by Maurice de Vlaminck in 1950. Black and white etching. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Edition of 100 specimen as reported on th...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Etching

Young girl Combing her Hair - Signed Woodcut - Fauve Art
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in London, GB
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK 1876-1958 Paris 1876-1958 Rueil-la-Gadelière, Eure-et-Loir (French) Title: Young girl Combing her Hair Jeune fille se coiffant, 1906/1957 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Woodcut...
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1950s Fauvist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Woodcut

Environs de Triel - Lithograph by Maurice de Vlaminck - 1920s
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Roma, IT
Fine print on vélin fort “Arches”, numbered and signed in pencil by the artist. Small stain on right margin of the sheet. Light oxidation on bottom right angle. Full margins. Ref...
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1920s Modern Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Maurice De Vlaminck House and Path
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maurice De Vlaminck: 1876-1958. Very important French artist. One of the key members of the Fauvist School. He has auction results for paintings well into the millions of dollars. A ...
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Watercolor

The Blue Vase-Poster. New York Graphic Society. Printed in Switzerland.
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Clinton Township, MI
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (French, 1876-1958) The Blue Vase Poster/Print 26.75 x 29.3125 in. Unframed Copyright New York Graphic Society. Printed in Switzerland. Good/Fair Condition-sign...
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Late 20th Century Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Main Street of a Traditional French Village - Original etching
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice de VLAMINCK Main Street of a Traditional French Village, 1951 Original etching with aquatint Printed signature in the plate On vellum 33 x 43 cm (c. 13 x 17 in) REFERENCES ...
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1950s Modern Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Cafè de Paris
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Roma, IT
Original drypoint and etching. Hand signed. From the suite: "Visage de Maisons". Image Dimensions : 17 x 11 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any a...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Etching

Moulin de la Naze - Original lithograph, (K. de Walterskirchen #181)
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice de VLAMINCK Moulin de la Naze Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On Chine paper 27.5 x 36.5 cm (c. 10.6 x 14.2 in) Blind stamp of the editor REFERENCES : -...
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1920s Modern Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Maurice de Vlaminck - House in Rueil - Original Lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Maurice de Vlaminck Original Lithograph Signed in the plate 1958 Title: House in Beauce Dimensions: 22 x 27 cm Reference: Catalogue raisonné Walterskirchen 275 Condition : Excellent Maurice de Vlaminck (1876 - 1958) Maurice was three years old when his family moved from Paris to Vésinet. He first pursued the same musical career as his parents, who were both musicians, leaving his home as a trained double-bass player in 1892 to move to Chatou near Versailles. After absolving his military service in Vitré Maurice Vlaminck worked as a musician until he accidentally met André Derain in 1900. It was Derain who kindled Vlaminck's artistic ambitions. He decided to become a painter and rented an old hut in which he and Derain shared a studio. A crucial turning point in Vlaminck's artistic development was a visit to a van Gogh exhibition...
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1950s Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Snowy Landscape, 1928 - signed litograph, 78x101 cm., framed
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Nice, FR
Lithograph, signed lower right
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Early 20th Century Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Archival Paper

Le Moulin de La Naze - lithograph by M. de Vlaminck - 1925-26
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Roma, IT
Original stone Lithograph on ivory colored Japan paper with the 'La Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs' embossing stamp on lower-right corner. Signed inside out on plate on lower-right ma...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Boissy Les-Perches
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAURICE de VLAMINCK (1876 - 1958) BOISSY LES-PERCHES, 1951 (W148) Drypoint and etching. Unsigned but initialed in drypoint lower right in image, MV. 10 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches. Full sh...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Drypoint

Maurice de Vlaminck - Portrait - Original Lithograph
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Maurice de Vlaminck - Portrait - Original Lithograph 1956 Signed in the plate Dimensions: 22 x 16 cm Publisher: Sauret. Frontispice of The Hunger
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Le Bassin ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in New York, NY
Maurice de Vlaminck (French 1876 - 1958), "Le Bassin" ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)" Abstract/ Post-Impressionist Lithograph, 17 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1963 Colors: Black and White Maurice was three years old when his family moved from Paris to Vésinet. He first pursued the same musical career as his parents, who were both musicians, leaving his home as a trained double-bass player in 1892 to move to Chatou near Versailles. After absolving his military service in Vitré Maurice Vlaminck worked as a musician until he accidentally met André Derain in 1900. It was Derain who kindled Vlaminck's artistic ambitions. He decided to become a painter and rented an old hut in which he and Derain shared a studio. A crucial turning point in Vlaminck's artistic development was a visit to a van Gogh...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Le Petit Pont ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in New York, NY
Maurice de Vlaminck (French 1876 - 1958), "Le Petit Pont" ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)" Abstract/ Post-Impressionist Lithograph, 17 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1963 Colors: Black and White Maurice was three years old when his family moved from Paris to Vésinet. He first pursued the same musical career as his parents, who were both musicians, leaving his home as a trained double-bass player in 1892 to move to Chatou near Versailles. After absolving his military service in Vitré Maurice Vlaminck worked as a musician until he accidentally met André Derain in 1900. It was Derain who kindled Vlaminck's artistic ambitions. He decided to become a painter and rented an old hut in which he and Derain shared a studio. A crucial turning point in Vlaminck's artistic development was a visit to a van Gogh exhibition...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Notre Pain Quotidien Portfolio
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This portfolio, entitled "Notre Pain Quotidien", consists of 13 lithographs from the original watercolors and gouaches by Maurice de Vlaminck, printed in 1963. These lithographs were printed by Daniel Jacomet and the four pages of typography about the artist were written by Pierre Bouchet. The portfolio begins with a forward written by French author, Georges Duhamel, as well as a justification page and a page of the artwork titles (see below). Each piece from this portfolio is numbered from the edition of 250 on Rives vellum paper, aside the editions numbered from 1 to 50 on Richard de Bas paper, and eleven numbered copies in Roman numerals reserved for the collaborators. The twelve pieces in the portfolio measure 17 x 20 inches and the lithograph on the cover of the portfolio measures 10.25 x 8.75 inches. Please see the artwork titles below: 1. Auto-portrait de l'artiste (located on the cover of the portfolio) 2. Les boutiques 3. Chemin forestier 4. Le bassin 5. Les chalands 6. Fleurs des champs 7. Proletariat 8. Le grand comptoir 9. Route du village 10. Sous la neige 11. Place de l'eglise 12. Le petit pont...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Wild Red and White flowers - Original woodcut on Arches Vellum
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice de VLAMINCK Wild Red and White flowers Woodcut and embossing (Atelier Raymond Jacquet) Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 15 x 11" (38 x 28 cm) INFORMATION : W...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Woodcut

Maurice de Vlaminck - Paris' Souflot Street - Original Etching
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Maurice de Vlaminck - Paris' Souflot Street - Original Etching Dimensions : 13 x 10". Paper : Rives vellum. Edition : 225 copies. 1927 From Tableaux de Paris, Emile-Paul Frere...
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1920s Modern Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Etching

Place de L'Eglise ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in New York, NY
Maurice de Vlaminck (French 1876 - 1958), "Place de L'Eglise ( A Lithograph from Notre Pain Quotidien)" Abstract/ Post-Impressionist Lithograph, 17 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1963 Colors: Black and White Maurice was three years old when his family moved from Paris to Vésinet. He first pursued the same musical career as his parents, who were both musicians, leaving his home as a trained double-bass player in 1892 to move to Chatou near Versailles. After absolving his military service in Vitré Maurice Vlaminck worked as a musician until he accidentally met André Derain in 1900. It was Derain who kindled Vlaminck's artistic ambitions. He decided to become a painter and rented an old hut in which he and Derain shared a studio. A crucial turning point in Vlaminck's artistic development was a visit to a van Gogh...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Lithograph

Maurice de Vlaminck - Original Handsigned Etching
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Maurice de Vlaminck - Original Handsigned Etching Title: L'Oise à Cergy Reference: Catalogue raisonné Walterskirchen, n°110. Original etching, hand-signed in pencil by the artist ; ...
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1920s Modern Maurice de Vlaminck Art

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Etching

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