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Artists›Kees van Dongen

Kees van Dongen

Kees van Dongen

1877–1968

WA-00017074

Rotterdam, Netherlands

PaintingFauvismSymbolism

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

131

Works in Collection

255

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ170345

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Portraits from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955–1956

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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Les Fauves

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952–1953

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Twentieth Century Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942–1943

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/kees-van-dongen
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6077
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Fauvism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (131)

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (frontispiece) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 8 3/4 x 8 5/16" (22.2 x 21.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

1957 · 8 lithographs (including head-and tailpieces), printed in color

page 12 13/16 x 10 1/8" (32 x 25.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

LA GOULUE (plate, folio 7) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 10 1/4 x 6 5/8" (26 x 16.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

BROTHEL, ROTTERDAM (headpiece, folio 6) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 8 1/8 x 7" (20.7 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

POLO (double page plate, folios 13 verso and 14) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 10 15/16 x 14 7/16" (27.8 x 36.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

ODALISQUE (double page plate, folios 19 verso and 20) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 10 1/2 x 12 3/8" (26.7 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

THE SPANIARD (headpiece, folio 11) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 7 11/16 x 6 9/16" (19.5 x 16.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1900 ELEGANT (plate, folio 16) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 9 1/2 x 5 11/16" (24.2 x 14.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

THE SHRIMP FISHERWOMAN (tailpiece, folio 9 verso) from ÉLOGE DE VAN DONGEN

irreg. composition 4 5/8 x 8 15/16" (11.7 x 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

At the Racetrack

1950 · Oil on canvas

Framed: 31 3/4 × 35 5/8 in. (80.6 × 90.5 cm) Height: 21 1/4 in. (54 cm) Width: 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In-text plate (page 123) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 9 7/16 x 9 3/16" (24 x 23.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 107) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 7 1/16 x 7 9/16" (18 x 19.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 151) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 7 13/16 x 9 5/16" (19.8 x 23.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 115) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 9 x 8 3/4" (22.9 x 22.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 105) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 5 3/4 x 7 3/16" (14.7 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 110) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 4 3/16 x 9 7/16" (10.7 x 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 177) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 7 9/16 x 9 1/8" (19.2 x 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 91) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 8 7/8 x 7 3/16" (22.5 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 87) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 10 1/4 x 8 15/16" (26 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 143) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 9 1/4" (18.5 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 45) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 9 5/16 x 8" (23.7 x 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 89) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 7 3/16 x 9 3/8" (18.2 x 23.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 135) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 9 1/8 x 2 3/4" (23.2 x 7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 7) from LA RÉVOLTE DES ANGES

irreg. composition 6 11/16 x 7 3/16" (17 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

131 published of 253 catalogued · 7 with image

MoMA
122 publishedof 244 catalogued4 img
The Met
6 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Kees van Dongen (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

7

Movements2

Fauvism Symbolism

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Market

Auction sale history

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