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Fauvism
Lyndsay Hoffmann
Leah VandenAkker
Jamie McCloskey
Fauvism
(Leah VandenAkker)
WHAT: A movement known for its vivid, non-naturalistic and exuberant colors.
Known for paintings with bold color and large brushstrokes
WHO: Leaders: Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck,
Also, Rouault, Braque, Dufy, Marquet, and Rouault
WHEN: 1905-1908 Fauvism was extremely influential in the evolution of 20th
century art ( for example: the modern art movement)
WHY: to find more artistic freedom, expressive, emotional color, creating, not
imitating light
WHERE: Began 1905 in Paris as Henri Matisse led the shocking artistic
movement
More on Fauvism
(Lyndsay Hoffmann)
Founders of Fauvism: Matisse, Vlaminck, and Derain
– When their work was showcased together at the Salon d'Automne, their
space became known as the 'Cage aux Fauves' ('Cage of Wild Beasts')
because of the uncontrolled, violent use of intense colors. This is where
the Fauvism movement began.
Why were they fauvists?
The fauvists felt that the impressionists had disintegrated their work
into dots excessively. Instead, he chose to use wide, choppy brush
strokes of pure color.
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2933/fauves/fvderain.htm)
Why was the fauvism movement significant?
The movement's emphasis on formal values and expressive use of color,
line, and brushwork helped liberate painting from the representational
expectations that had typically dominated Western art since the
Renaissance.
Also Influence by specific artists such as:
Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin
And more
(Jamie McCloskey)
• Influenced by Gauguin because of his use of bright colors.
Fauvism grew out of both Pointillism and Post-Impresionism
• Although fauvism was a very short-lived movement, it was a
profound influence on the later expressionists.
• This period of time 1904-1907 was a very tense political
time for the French, this included the beginning of World
War II and the Dreyfus affair.
• The Dreyfus affair was an intense political and judicial
scandal that ensued divided French society between those
who supported Dreyfus (the Dreyfusards) and those who
condemned him (the anti-Dreyfusards). The latter were
often motivated by anti-Semitism.
Andre Derain
• Born 1880 in Chatou (artist colony at the gates of Paris)
Enlisted in the army – prevented him from working on his art, but did
not affect his fame.
WW2 – Hitler commissioned him for a family portrait,
but he declined. The Nazis did not dismiss the
Fauvists because they represented the prestige
of French culture, with which the Nazis
wished to identify themselves.
Died – 1954 from shock of being hit by a truck.
Portrait de Matisse
(1905)
Henri Matisse
•
Matisse is considered to be one of the founders of the Fauvists.
•
Matisse’s fondness for bright and expressive color became more pronounced
after he moved southwards in 1905 to work with Derain. His paintings from this
period are characterized by flat shapes and controlled lines, with expression
dominant over detail. This is the most prominent time of Fauvism.
•
The decline of the Fauvist movement, after 1906, did nothing to affect the rise
of Matisse; many of his finest works were created between 1906 and 1917.
Women with hat, 1905
The River Seine at Chatou, 1906
Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876–1958)
Oil on canvas; 32 1/2 x 40 1/8 in. (82.6 x 101.9 cm)
http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/HD/fauv/ho_1999.363.84.htm