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Kees van Dongen, born Cornelis Théodorus Marie van Dongen in 1877 in Delfshaven, was a Dutch-French painter, printmaker, sculptor, and graphic artist. He worked within the Fauvism and Die Brücke movements, producing works in the genres of portrait, animal art, landscape painting, and nude. His artistic training took place at the Willem de Kooning Academy. He was fluent in French and Dutch and held citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and France.

Van Dongen was married to Augusta Preitinger and taught students including David Wallin, Yen Shui-long, María Blanchard, and David Petrovich Shterenberg. He participated in the 1932 Summer Olympics. His honors included the titles of Knight and Officer of the Legion of Honour. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He died in Monte Carlo in 1968.