Description of the picture:
The red dancer is Kes van Dongen. 1907. Oil on canvas. 99.7×81
Dutch artist Kes van Dongen (1877-1968) lived most of his life in France. He is one of the founders of a new direction in painting – Fauvism. The works of the Fauvists were called “wild,” a contemporary that produced a striking, flashy color that literally bursts from the canvases.
“Red dancer” refers to the best examples of the early work of van Dongen. The picture shows Nini dancer, performed at the Foley Berger cabaret. The “screaming” orange-red color that fills half of the canvas gives it a special emotional mood. Dynamic strokes of various sizes and shapes widely and generally convey the whirlwind of a twisted skirt.
A small green spot on a white garter enhances the effect of local red color. In addition to the cabaret of the characters of many of his paintings, the painter found in the circus of Medrano in Montmartre. Unrecognized by the general public at the beginning of his career, in the 1920s, van Dongen became a successful artist. Famous artists, writers and even politicians ordered their portraits to him."
