Maurice de VLAMINCK Signed Original Etching Les HOMMES ABANDONNES 1927

Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958) signed original etching, Les Hommes Abandonnes, 1927. Signed in pencil on paper at back of frame. Rustic wood frame measures 11" x 14", image measures 4" x 6".  10689-17 As found on ArtNet: Maurice de Vlaminck (French, April 4, 1876–October 11, 1958) is recognized as one of the pioneer Fauvism painters in Europe, alongside his friends and influencers Andre Derain and Henri Matisse. Vlaminck began painting in his late teens, taking lessons from a local Parisian artist named Henri Rigalon. He also doubled up as a musician after his father taught him to play the violin at a young age; but his main interest was painting, especially after he met Derain by chance following a train accident in 1900. The two painters set up a studio in Paris together from 1900 to 1901. This was a major turning point in Vlaminck''''s style of painting, which took place after he saw Van Gogh''''s Post-Impressionist paintings exhibited in France. The powerful brush strokes