books0977: Ibe Violin Player (1920). Kees van Dongen (Dutch/French, 1877-1968). Oil on canvas. Musee d’art Moderne Liege. Van Dongen cut a flamboyant figure in Paris. His lifestyle was controversial, his lavish nightly studio parties were attended by film stars, masqued politicians and artists. “Woman” was his muse, her body his landscape, and the young Brigitte Bardot his most famous model.