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famous artist was a Gypsy violinist in Paris ;-)

AndyWAndyW Glasgow Scotland UK✭✭✭ Clarinets & Saxes- Selmer, Conn, Buescher, Leblanc et.al. // Guitars: Gerome, Caponnetto, Napoli, Musicalia, Bucolo, Sanchez et. al.
edited March 2013 in Violin Posts: 599
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 ?......

Comments

  • kevorkazitokevorkazito Winnipeg Manitoba Canada✭✭
    Posts: 178
    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:

    maurice_de_vlaminck_b1377_rue_de_village_wm.jpg

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