The portrait of Franco-Russian communist politician Charles Rappoport is realistic. The sombre palette is enlivened here and there by light accents – on his shirt, the pamphlet in his right hand, his face and shoes. Van Dongen exhibits this painting in 1920 at the Salon d’Automne among four elegant portraits of women. In 1936
museum director Dirk Hannema buys it for Museum Boymans as one of Van Dongen’s most powerful male portraits.
Specifications
| Title | Portrait of Charles Rappoport |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 98 cm Height 173 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Kees van Dongen
|
| Accession number | 1187 (MK) |
| Credits | Gift citizens of Rotterdam, 1936 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1936 |
| Creation date | in 1920 |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) De grote ogen van Kees van Dongen (2010) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Van Dongen. Fauve, anarchiste et mondain (2011) Vereeuwigd, 1913-2013 (2013) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Kees van Dongen
Delfshaven 1877 - Monte Carlo 1968
Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen was born on 26 January 1877 in Delfshaven, then still a small independent port near Rotterdam. At the age of fifteen, Kees...
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