Cornelis Theodorus Maria 'Kees' van Dongen (1877 - 1968) was a Dutch-French painter who was one of the leading Fauves. (Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a loose group of early twentieth-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.) Van Dongen's early work was influenced by the Hague School and symbolism and...