Georges Louis de Vlaminck was a Belgian painter, fresco artist, and decorator born in Bruges. He was a versatile artist who contributed to the influence of decorative arts in Belgium during the twentieth century. He explored different artistic expressions and evolved during his life from figuration to abstraction. His compositions were marked by a permanent research aimed at organizing the pictorial space to achieve an impression of dynamism that emanates from all his works. He was interested in Flemish Expressionism, Cubism, and African Art in the 1920s, which influenced the works of the first period of his artistic life. From the 1950s, he developed a line imbued with virtuosity that could only impress with the strength and movement that ...