Everything about Fauvism totally explained
Les Fauves (
French for
The Wild Beasts) were a short-lived and loose grouping of early 20th century
Modern artists whose works emphasized
painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational values retained by
Impressionism. While Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only three years, 1905–1907, and had three exhibitions.The leaders of the movement were
Henri Matisse and
André Derain. Fauvism can be classified as an extreme development of
Van Gogh's
Post-Impressionism fused with the
pointillism of
Seurat and
Paul Gauguin, who in 1888 had said to
Paul Sérusier:
Fauvism can also be seen as a mode of
Expressionism. a controversial professor at the
École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and a
Symbolist painter, he taught Matisse, Marquet, Manguin, Roualt and Camoin during the 1890s, and was viewed by critics as the group's philosophical leader until Matisse was recognized as such in 1904. Moreau's broad-mindededness, originality and affirmation of the expressive potency of pure colour was inspirational for his students. Matisse said of him, "He didn't set us on the right roads, but off the roads. He disturbed our complacency." Russell was an
Impressionist painter; Matisse had never previously seen an Impressionist work directly, and was so shocked at the style that he left after ten days, saying, "I couldn't stand it any more."
Henri Rousseau wasn't a Fauve, but his large jungle scene
The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope was exhibited near Matisse's work and may have had an influence on the pejorative used. Vauxcelles' comment was printed on
17 October 1905 in
Gil Blas, a daily newspaper, and passed into popular usage. The pictures gained considerable condemnation, such as "A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public" from the critic Camille Mauclair (1872–1945), but also some favourable attention.
[ 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 demoralisation from the bad reception of his work.][
]Gallery
Image:Matisse-Open-Window.jpg|Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Image:The Turning Road, L´Estaque.jpg|Andre Derain, The Turning Road, L´Estaque 1906, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Image:Derain CharingCrossBridge.png|André Derain, Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Image:SeineChatou.JPG|Maurice de Vlaminck, The River Seine at Chatou, 1906, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image:Vlaminck-TheCircus.jpg|Maurice de Vlaminck, The Circus, 1906
Image:Dongen-Hat.jpg|Kees van Dongen, Woman with Large Hat, 1906
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