Fauvism- with facts
Fauvism was inspired by...
- Post-Impressionism - color reflects emotion, not reality
True or false- the Fauves painted pictures of wild animals.
FALSE! The name "Fauves" (or wild beasts) came from their style, not what they painted pictures of.
True or false- the Fauves used bright, unmixed colors.
TRUE! They even applied paint straight from the tube, sometimes.
Charing Cross Bridge, London
artist: Andre Derain movement: Fauvism nationality: French - includes dots and dashes- dots too big to be Pointillism - at National Gallery in Washington, DC - shared a studio with Vlaminck
Portrait of Henri Matisse
artist: Andre Derain movement: Fauvism nationality: French - not detailed - experimenting with colors, but not scientific - broken brushstrokes and impulsive lines
Mountains at Collioure
artist: Andre Derain movement: Fauvism nationality: French - not trying to copy nature, but express emotion - a natural landscape made of unnatural colors - he's been looking at Van Gogh and Seurat, obviously
The Red Studio
artist: Henri Matisse movement: Fauvism nationality: French - didn't want you to see the room as a 3D space (your brain wants to see it as 3D) - does lots of things to alter your perception: chair legs are painted wrong - white outlines are the canvas showing through
Luxe, Calme et Volupte
artist: Henri Matisse movement: Fauvism nationality: French - early style- looking at Seurat - translation= "luxury, peace and pleasure" - wanted his art to be calming and comfortable
Woman with a Hat
artist: Henri Matisse movement: Fauvism nationality: French - portrait of his wife, Amelie - traditional dress and pose for the time - stylistic shift from dots to "smears" of paint
The River Seine at Chatou
artist: Maurice Vlaminck movement: Fauvism nationality: French - a favorite scene of the artist, close to where he lived - spontaneous brush strokes, dots and dashes to heighten the emotion (NOT to show the effects of light, like Impressionists) - many primary colors used
" Fauve" is the French word for ...
wild beasts. (A critic described the artists in this movement as fauves.)
