Exhibitions & Events
TEFAF Maastricht
12-21 March 2010
Open daily 11-19
Sunday 21 March 11-18
Visit the TEFAF and see our finest work from our finest artists!
TEFAF Maastricht
12-21 March 2010
Open daily 11-19
Sunday 21 March 11-18
Visit the TEFAF and see our finest work from our finest artists!
MODERN CLASSICS
In pre-war Paris revolutionary movements such as fauvism, cubism and surrealism found their origin. The heart of the collection of Frans Jacobs Fine Art consists of works by Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Maurice Utrillo, Kees van Dongen, Raoul Dufy and others. We also include the generation of artists belonging to the post-war generation and a selection of other modern masters of the 20th century, such as Tamara de Lempicka, Egon Schiele and Lynn Chadwick.
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Kees van Dongen
Kees van Dongen was born in Delfshaven, in the suburbs of Rotterdam. In 1892, at age 16, Kees van Dongen started his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. During this period from 1892 to 1897, van Dongen frequented the Red Quarter seaport area, where he drew scenes of sailors and prostitutes.
In these years he was part of an avant-garde wave of painters—Maurice de Vlaminck, Othon Friesz, Henri Rousseau, Robert Delaunay, Albert Marquet, Edouard Vuillard—who incarnated hopes of a renewal in painting stuck in Neo-impressionism.
Under the influence of Jasmy Jacob, amongst others, Kees van Dongen developed the lush colours of his Fauvist style. This gained him a solid reputation with the French bourgeoisie and a resultant profitable lifestyle. As a fashionable portraitist his subjects included Arletty, Leopold III of Belgium, Louis Barthou, Sacha Guitry, Anna de Noailles, Maurice Chevalier. With a playful cynicism he remarked of his popularity as a portraitist with high society women; ' The essential thing is to elongate the women and especially to make them slim. After that it just remains to enlarge their jewels. They are ravished.' A remark that allies itself to another of his sayings - ' Painting is the most beautiful of lies.'
Kees van Dongen was born in Delfshaven, in the suburbs of Rotterdam. In 1892, at age 16, Kees van Dongen started his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. During this period from 1892 to 1897, van Dongen frequented the Red Quarter seaport area, where he drew scenes of sailors and prostitutes.
In these years he was part of an avant-garde wave of painters—Maurice de Vlaminck, Othon Friesz, Henri Rousseau, Robert Delaunay, Albert Marquet, Edouard Vuillard—who incarnated hopes of a renewal in painting stuck in Neo-impressionism.
Under the influence of Jasmy Jacob, amongst others, Kees van Dongen developed the lush colours of his Fauvist style. This gained him a solid reputation with the French bourgeoisie and a resultant profitable lifestyle. As a fashionable portraitist his subjects included Arletty, Leopold III of Belgium, Louis Barthou, Sacha Guitry, Anna de Noailles, Maurice Chevalier. With a playful cynicism he remarked of his popularity as a portraitist with high society women; ' The essential thing is to elongate the women and especially to make them slim. After that it just remains to enlarge their jewels. They are ravished.' A remark that allies itself to another of his sayings - ' Painting is the most beautiful of lies.'
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JACOBS FINE ART
Welcome to Jacobs Fine Art. We specialize in the great modern masters of the complete 20th century, with an emphasis on works from the 'École de Paris'. We also include the generation of artists belonging to the post-war generation and a selection of other modern masters of the 20th century. We concentrate on quality and can advise on collecting, acquiring and brokerage. In addition to the collection of modern classics, we represent internationally renowned contemporary artists.| Modern Classics | Collection  |
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