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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) 
Aliases: Maurice de Vlaminck; Maurice "de" Vlaminck
Professions: Painter; Illustrator; Flower painter; Landscape painter
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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)
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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)
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MAURICE DE VLAMINCK
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Biography: Vlaminck
(b Paris, 5 April 1876; d Rueil-la-Gadelière, Eure-et-Loir, 7 Oct 1958). French painter, printmaker, draughtsman and writer. His nature, character, tastes and way of life were in perfect harmony with the freedom, daring and violence of his painting. He was brought up in a musical environment: his father, of Flemish origin, was a violin teacher and his mother, from Lorraine, was a piano teacher. He studied music himself to quite a high standard and later played the double-bass (and sometimes the bass drum, a source of considerable pleasure) in his regimental band. His family had come to live at Le Vésinet near Paris, and he spent his childhood both there and later at Chatou on the Seine. From 1892 he began to take an interest in painting, though he worked as a mechanic and became a racing cyclist.
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