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Fauvism is characterized as an exuberant style of painting which flourished in France for a brief time. (1905 - 1908)
Henri Matisse - The Dance II
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The Fauvist style is also often characterized or described as emotional as opposed to logical.
Henri Matisse - The Dessert: Harmony in Red - 1908.
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The Fauvists are recognized for their use of pure, brilliant color boldly applied.
Henri Matisse - Les toits de Collioure ("The Roofs of Collioure") 1905
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Often the Fauves applied paint unmixed straight from the paint tubes to create a sense of reactive emotional color & energy on the canvas.
Henri Matisse - The Open Window -1905
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The Fauvists painted directly from nature, but applied color creatively, vividly & expressively unbound by realistic color of the subjects they painted.
André Derain - Mountains at Collioure - 1905 olive trees
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The first formal exhibit of the Faves occurred in Paris at the annual Salon d’Automne in 1905. The visitors were shocked by the explosion of vivid color of the paintings.
Henri Matisse – "Les Pivoines" - 1905
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Critic Louis Vauxcelles, shocked by the explosion of brilliant unrealistic color of the subjects, dubbed the painters fauves (“wild beasts”).
André Derain - Portrait of Henri Matisse - 1905
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Henri Matisse leader of the Fauves arrived at the Fauve style, after experimenting with the various Post-Impressionist approaches of Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh & Georges Seurat.
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Paul Gauguin - Tahitian Landscape II
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Vincent Van Gogh - Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun
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“Matisse’s studies led him to reject traditional renderings of 3D space & to seek instead a new picture space defined by movement of color.”
Henri Matisse - Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line - 1905
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Matisse exhibited his famous Woman with the Hat (1905) at the 1905 exhibition. In this painting, brisk strokes of color: blues, greens & red, form an energetic, expressive view of the woman.
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The Fauves sometimes left areas of raw canvas exposed, which was considered a huge faux pas to viewers at the time.
André Derain - 1906 - Charing Cross Bridge, London
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Notable Fauvists include André Derain & Maurice de Vlaminck. Both shared Matisse’s interest in the expressive function of color in painting.
The Bridge, View on the River - Andre Derain -1905
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Derain’s Fauvist paintings translate every tone of a landscape into pure color, which he applied with short, powerful brushstrokes.
Andre Derain - The Trees - 1905
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It is believed Van Gogh influenced Vlaminck’s agitated swirls of intense color.
Le Jardinier - Maurice de Vlaminck
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Maurice de Vlaminck - Champs de Ble and Restaurant at Bougival (1905-6) Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
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Portrait of André Derain by Maurice de Vlaminck - 1906
Note the unpainted exposed white patches of canvas.
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Othon Friesz, Raoul Dufy & Georges Braque, all from Le Havre, France, were also influenced by Matisse’s bold & vibrant work:
Othon Friez - Bec de l'Aigle, La Ciotat
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Raoul Dufy - Boats at Martigues (1908) Courtauld Institute Galleries, London.
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“Georges Braque created a definite sense of rhythm & structure out of small spots of color, foreshadowing his development of Cubism.”
Landscape at La Ciotat - Georges Braque
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Other notable Fauves are Albert Marquet, Kees van Dongen, Georges Rouault, Henri Manguin, Charles Camoin & Jean Puy.
Albert Marquet
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For most of these artists, Fauvism was a transitional, learning stage.
Albert Marquet
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By 1908 a revived interest in Paul Cézanne’s vision of the order & structure of nature had led most to embrace the logic of Cubism.
Kees Van Dongen - Portrait de femme
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“Matisse alone pursued the course he had pioneered, achieving a sophisticated balance between his own emotions and the world he painted.”
Kees Van Dongen - Portrait of Fernande Olivier
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Kees Van Dongen - Woman with Large Hat (Femme au grand chapeau), 1906
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Still Life with Copper Pitcher (1903)
By Henri-Charles Manguin.
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👉🏼Please jump in and add your favorites from this era or images influenced by this movement.
👉🏼Coloring outside the lines is welcome & encouraged.
Robert Delaunay - Paysage au disque - 1906
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If you enjoyed this thread please check out:
PopArt, #GermanExpressionism, #PreRaphaelites, #Dadaism #Surrealism. #Bauhaus & #AshCanSchool
Next up? #Cubism - stay-tuned!
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'Factory, Horta de Ebbo', 1909
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André Derain (French, 1880 - Trois Arbres (Three Trees)
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