1910, Kees van Dongen, Parisian Lady -- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond)
From the museum label: The striking compositional arrangement and surprising color contrasts in Parisian Lady show Van Dongen espousing the tendencies of Fauvism. His representations of bohemian nightlife and Parisian high society during the optimistic decade before World War I earned Van Dongen fame and notoriety. The enormous hat and tiny dog that accessorize this fashionable socialite humorously convey the overstated elegance of the Belle Époque.
1910, Kees van Dongen, Parisian Lady -- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond)
From the museum label: The striking compositional arrangement and surprising color contrasts in Parisian Lady show Van Dongen espousing the tendencies of Fauvism. His representations of bohemian nightlife and Parisian high society during the optimistic decade before World War I earned Van Dongen fame and notoriety. The enormous hat and tiny dog that accessorize this fashionable socialite humorously convey the overstated elegance of the Belle Époque.