The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Quebec, Canada
22 January-19 April 2009
A famous member of the Fauves, Van Dongen was also a satirical illustrator and a portraitist of high society. A fascinated and often caustic witness to Parisian life from 1900 to the Roaring Twenties, he created his own form of modern art alongside Matisse and Picasso.
His dazzling, shameless paintings – described as “torrential orgies of light, heat and colour” – depict both miserable and carefree societies, complete with demimondaines, socialites, anonymous Orientals and famous muses.
A major North American premiere, this exhibition is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in partnership with the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco. It also benefits from the support of the artist’s family.
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