Maurice
de Vlaminck was born in 1876 in Paris to parents who were bohemian
musicians. As an adolescent, Vlaminck planned to make a career as
a professional cyclist. Like his parents, he also had musical talent
and earned a living through the violin. Maurice de Vlaminck also
had a passionate interest in painting which was fostered by Robichon,
a French artist. In 1896 he contracted typhoid fever which ended
his racing career. Obliged to support himself and his family, he
gave violin lessons and eventually joined the military. It was during
one of his military leaves at Chatou, that he met Andre Derain.
In June 1900, Maurice de Vlaminck and Andre Derain began the school
of Chatou which later came to be recognized as the place of origin
for the Fauve art movement. In the ensuing years, he met and was
influenced by Henri Matisse, who inspired him to collect African
masks, and Pablo Picasso. As a member of the Fauvist movement, which
flourished from 1905 to 1908, he exhibited with them at the Salon
des Independants and d'Automne. He also published a few novels and
books of poetry for which Derain made illustrations. Vlaminck not
only painted but created a great number of woodcut prints. Many
of these image reveal the strong influence of Gauguin and Van Gogh
who were then his contemporaries. In painting, Vlaminck adopted
Vincent Van Gogh's brightly coloured palette, along with the technique
of painting with open brushstrokes. This eventually led to his application
of paint directly onto the canvas from the tube. Maurice de Vlaminck's
early body of work epitomizes the Fauve revolution. Around 1908,
Vlaminck grew dissatisfied withwhat he saw as the formlessness of
his early style. He turned his attention to the work of Paul Cézanne
and adopted a darker palette, painting many landscapes rendered
in a personal expressionist style. In 1920, he turned to a more
naturalistic and formally vigorous style. His late work is dominated
by colorful and brooding still lifes and landscapes. Despite his
departure from the Fauvist style, Vlaminck continued to travel with
Derain during the later years of his life and published dozens of
autobiographical accounts of his life and his experiences with other
artists. Maurice de Vlaminck died in 1958.
Maurice
de Vlaminck was born in 1876 in Paris to parents who were bohemian
musicians. As an adolescent, Vlaminck planned to make a career as
a professional cyclist. Like his parents, he also had musical talent
and earned a living through the violin. Maurice de Vlaminck also
had a passionate interest in painting which was fostered by Robichon,
a French artist. In 1896 he contracted typhoid fever which ended
his racing career. Obliged to support himself and his family, he
gave violin lessons and eventually joined the military. It was during
one of his military leaves at Chatou, that he met Andre Derain.
In June 1900, Maurice de Vlaminck and Andre Derain began the school
of Chatou which later came to be recognized as the place of origin
for the Fauve art movement. In the ensuing years, he met and was
influenced by Henri Matisse, who inspired him to collect African
masks, and Pablo Picasso. As a member of the Fauvist movement, which
flourished from 1905 to 1908, he exhibited with them at the Salon
des Independants and d'Automne. He also published a few novels and
books of poetry for which Derain made illustrations. Vlaminck not
only painted but created a great number of woodcut prints. Many
of these image reveal the strong influence of Gauguin and Van Gogh
who were then his contemporaries. In painting, Vlaminck adopted
Vincent Van Gogh's brightly coloured palette, along with the technique
of painting with open brushstrokes. This eventually led to his application
of paint directly onto the canvas from the tube. Maurice de Vlaminck's
early body of work epitomizes the Fauve revolution. Around 1908,
Vlaminck grew dissatisfied withwhat he saw as the formlessness of
his early style. He turned his attention to the work of Paul Cézanne
and adopted a darker palette, painting many landscapes rendered
in a personal expressionist style. In 1920, he turned to a more
naturalistic and formally vigorous style. His late work is dominated
by colorful and brooding still lifes and landscapes. Despite his
departure from the Fauvist style, Vlaminck continued to travel with
Derain during the later years of his life and published dozens of
autobiographical accounts of his life and his experiences with other
artists. Maurice de Vlaminck died in 1958.