FAUVISM

SPONTANEOUS
!

EXPRESSIVE
!

BOLD
!

UNDISGUISED
BRUSHSTROKES
!

HIGH-KEYED
VIBRANT COLORS
FISHING BOATS, COLLIOURE, 1905
ANDR DERAIN (FRENCH, 18801954)
OIL ON CANVAS; 31 7/8 X 39 1/2 IN.

FAUVISM

FLOURISHED IN FRANCE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

FAUVE PAINTERS WERE THE FIRST TO BREAK WITH IMPRESSIONISM AS WELL AS

WITH OLDER, TRADITIONAL METHODS OF PERCEPTION.

Andr Derain, Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1906

Henri Matisse,
Open Window, Collioure, 1905

brilliant colors
spontaneous brushwork

IN INTENSITY AND IMMEDIACY

OF EXPRESSION, MATISSE
NEVER SURPASSED WOMAN
WITH A HAT, A PORTRAIT OF
HIS WIFE AMLIE. THE
PAINTING CAUSED SHOCK AND
OUTRAGE WHEN IT WAS
SHOWN AT THE SALON
D'AUTOMNE IN PARIS IN 1905,
AND THE PAINTERS WERE
DERISIVELY LABELED FAUVES
("WILD BEASTS"). MATISSE
USED "DELIBERATE
DISHARMONIES" OF RED,
GREEN, ORANGE, PURPLE, AND
BLUE.
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Woman with a Hat, autumn 1905
Henri Matisse
Oil on canvas; 31 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.

MATISSE
HENRI MATISSE (FRENCH, 18691954) INTRODUCED
UNNATURALISTIC COLOR AND VIVID BRUSHSTROKES INTO THEIR
PAINTINGS.

Henri Matisse
Les toits de
Collioure
(1905)

Henri Matisse
Notre-Dame, une fin d'aprs-midi
("A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon

(1902)

lasted only a few years, 19041908

Andre Derain
London Bridge
(1906)

intense color as a vehicle

for describing light and
space, as well as for
communicating the artist's
emotional state.

Contemporary Artist: Anne Garney

Assignment:

Using two-point
perspective,
draw the exterior of a
building or buildings.
Use photos for reference,
pick a city or type of
architecture for inspiration.
!

Practice drawing 10 basic

shapes first (12x18 paper)
!

Final painting:
18x24, Tempera Paint
!

Focus on ARBITRARY
COLOR & EXPRESSIVE
BRUSHSTROKES