Fauvism- with facts

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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.)


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