Unique sketch by Kees van Dongen found at Music Center in TLV

Kees van Dongen

An original sketch by the Dutch painter Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) of the pianist Felicja Blumental was discovered, a few weeks ago, in the Felicja Blumental Music Center (Bialik Square, Tel Aviv).
While at a Beethoven festival featuring a solo performance of Felicja Blumental with the Pasdeloup Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris on the 27th of September 1959, Kees van Dongen, a closed friend of the artist, sketched her portrait on the concert poster and presented it to her.

The unique sketch of Felicja Blumental