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Definition: fauvism from Philip's Encyclopedia

Expressionist style based on extremely vivid non-naturalistic colours. Matisse was the leading figure and, with Signac and Derain, exhibited at the Salon d'Automne (1905). A critic described their work as something produced by wild animals (Fr. fauves). Other members included Albert Marquet, George Rouault, Vlaminck, and Braque. Although fauvism was short-lived, its influence on expressionism was profound.


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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Movement in modern French painting characterized by the use of very bold, vivid, pure colours. The name is a reference to the fact that the works seemed crude and untamed to many people at the time. The Fauves believed that colour and a strong linear pattern were more important than realistic representation; André Derain 's London Bridge (1906; Museum of Modern Art, New York) is an example. Although short-lived, lasting only about three years (1905–08), the movement was highly influential. It was the first specific artistic movement of the 20th century, that would transform European art between the turn of the century and World War I. The key figure of fauvism was Henri Matisse , other important members being Maurice de Vlaminck , Georges Braque , Georges Rouault , Raoul Dufy , and Derain. Fauvism was not an official school with a manifesto, but a group of artists motivated by the same concerns. Matisse, Vlaminck, and other like-minded friends exhibited as a group at the Salon…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
The name given to the work of a group of young French artists of the first decade of the 20th century, whose leader was Henri Matisse (1869-1954), and which included André Derain (1880-1954), Georges Braque (1882-1963), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), Albert Marquet…
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From The Edinburgh Dictionary of Modernism
The name Fauves (‘Wild Beasts’) was teasingly bestowed by critic Louis Vauxcelles on a loose and relatively short-lived affiliation of artists including Henri Matisse (the senior figure in the group), André Derain, Maurice Vlaminck and some of Matisse's associates from his artistic training under…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Style of painting that flourished in France c. 1898–1908, characterized by the use of intensely vivid colour and turbulent emotionalism. The dominant figure of the group was Henri Matisse ; others were André Derain , Maurice de Vlaminck , Raoul Dufy , Georges Braque , and Georges Rouault . The name…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Movement in modern French painting characterized by the use of very bold, vivid, pure colours. The name is a reference to the fact that the works seemed crude and untamed to many people at the time. The Fauves believed that colour and a strong linear pattern were more important than realistic…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(fō'vĭzӘm) [Fr. fauve =wild beast], name derisively hurled at and cheerfully adopted by a group of French painters, including Matisse, Rouault, Derain, Vlaminck, Friesz, Marquet, van Dongen, Braque, and Dufy. Although fauvism was a short-lived movement (1905–8), its influence was international and…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The name given to the work of a group of young French artists of the first decade of the 20th century, whose leader was Henri Matisse (1869–1954), and which included André Derain (1880–1954), Georges Braque (1882–1963), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), Albert Marquet…
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