Opening exhibition Kees van Dongen in 1967

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:16:18 +0000

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Moving images of artists from the generation of painter Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) are rare. This fragment from the Polygoon Journaal [Newsreel] contains images of Van Dongen during the opening of an exhibition in 1937. He speaks, as he describes it himself, with a whisky voice, thanks to an excessive use of Dutch coffee.

This Polygoon Journaal is about the opening of a retrospective exhibition of Kees van Dongen in Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in 1967. Van Dongen was a familiar face in the museum. Works by him had been purchased before the Second World War.

ArtBabble: Kees Van Dongen

Opening exhibition Kees van Dongen in 1967