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A visit to Caixa Forum - September 2009
Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958)
We will visit an exhibition of his works at Caixa Forum Barcelona on Saturday, September 26.
Here are the arrangements:
- Meet in the foyer, close to the ticket desk.
- Saturday, September 26, 2009. We will meet as from 11.45 for a 12.00 start.
- The visit will finish around 13.30 and it will be in English! Don't worry about English levels for anyone you want to invite. We can all help with translation.
- Early lunch/snack in the Laie Cafe to mix and talk.
Please let me know by email before Tuesday, September 22, 18.00 if you will be coming.
Maurice de Vlaminck was born in Paris to a family of musicians. His father taught him to play the violin. He began painting in his late teens. In 1893, he studied with a painter named Henri Rigalon on the Ile 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, met an aspiring artist, André Derain, with whom he struck up a life-long friendship. When Vlaminck completed his army service in 1900, the two rented a studio together 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.
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 the northwestern suburbs 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.
Vlaminck died in Rueil-la-Gadelière on 11 October 1958.
This is an extract from the wikipedia entry for Vlaminck, where you can discover more about him.
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