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Maurice de Vlaminck

Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet (died 1958)

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Born
April 4, 1876
Died
October 11, 1958
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1876

About Maurice de Vlaminck

Maurice de Vlaminck was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse, he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense colour. Vlaminck was one of the Fauves at the controversial Salon d'Automne exhibition of 1905. Maurice de Vlaminck (French:; 4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Maurice de Vlaminck was born on Rue Pierre Lescot in Paris. Vlaminck, then 23 and already active in anarchist circles in Paris, met an aspiring artist, André Derain, with whom he struck up a lifelong friendship.

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Maurice de Vlaminck timeline

  1. Maurice de Vlaminck (French:; 4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) was a French painter.
  2. Vlaminck was one of the Fauves at the controversial Salon d'Automne exhibition of 1905.

The world when Maurice de Vlaminck was born

Maurice de Vlaminck was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

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Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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