famous artist was a Gypsy violinist in Paris ;-)

AndyW

I came across this : the famous "Fauvist" artist Maurice de Vlaminck was a gypsy musician who played violin with the street orchestras and cafe buskers of Paris in the early 20th century.

biography http://www.rehs.com/Maurice_de_Vlaminck_Bio.html

here are two of his paintings:

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now - where's my paintbrushes ?......

kevorkazito

What a great painter. Sad to read of how WWI messed up his life. What a load of BS only to be repeated a generation later...

This painting is amazing:



You can smell the air when you look at that overcast sky.