Fauvis

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Fauvism

1905-1908
The first avante-garde wave of the 20th
century
The first paintings were first seen in
public in Paris in 1905 at the Salon d
Automne, the seasons major public art
event .
Brilliant, intense color
Arbitrary color (non-naturalistic)
Expressive brushwork
Flat composition

Henri
Matisse
1869-1954

The Red Room (Harmony in Red)

1908
Henri Matisse

The Woman with The Hat

1905
Henri Matisse

The nastiest
smear of paint I
have ever seen
-Quote from an art critic describing
this painting when it was exhibited
in Paris for the first time.

Madame Matisse (Green Stripe)

1905
Henri Matisse

Purple Robe and Anemones

1937
Henri Matisse

Color was not given to us

in order that we should
imitate nature.
It was given to us so we
can express our own
emotions.
-Henri Matisse

The Red Studio

1911
Henri Matisse

The artists shared their first exhibition at the 1905 Salon d

'Automne. The group gained their name, after critic Louis
Vauxcelles described their show of work with the phrase
"Donatello au milieu des fauves! " ( "Donatello among the
wild beasts "),contrasting the paintings with a Renaissancetype sculpture that shared the room with them.

Barbaric Children
Madmen
Wild Beasts
(Fauves)
A pot of paint has
been flung in the

The painting that was singled out

for attacks was Matisse 's Woman
with a Hat, which was bought by
Gertrude and Leo Stein: this had a
very positive effect on Matisse, who
was suffering demoralization from
the bad reception of his work.
Source: http://irapl.altervista.org/wkp-en/index.php?lemma=Fauvism

The Woman with The Hat

1905

Andre
Derain
1880-1954

Mountains at Collioure
1905
Andre Derain

London Bridge
1906
Andre Derain

We were intoxicated
with color, with the
sun that makes color
live.
- Andre
Derain

Portrait of Matisse
1905
Andre Derain

Charing Cross Bridge

1906
Andre Derain

The visible world is a

great deal less
interesting than the
world re-imagined
through color.
- Andre
Derain

The Turning Road. LEstaque

1906
Andre Derain