Fauvism
Bold color movement
Fauvism was an early twentieth-century art movement characterized by bold, non-naturalistic color and loose brushwork.
The name comes from the French word for wild beasts—a critic's dismissive reaction to the paintings' raw, unblended hues.
Henri Matisse and André Derain were central figures.
The movement was short-lived but influential, helping liberate color from representational duty.
Movement following Impressionism
- ImpressionismArt movement emphasizing light
- van GoghDutch Post-Impressionist surname
- GauguinFrench artist abroad
- CézanneFrench Post-Impressionist painter
African art · Japanese prints · Die Brücke · Cubism · Orphism · color theory
Intense, striking hue
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- distortionTwisting from original state
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- decorativeServing to beautify
French fauvism founder
- BraqueFrench cubism pioneer
- 1905Four-digit year designation
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- wild beastsUndomesticated, dangerous animals
Paris · modernism · revolutionary · scandalous · radical
Visible features of terrain
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
- seascapeOcean scene depiction
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
Mediterranean · countryside · nude · pleasure · leisure · coastal
Post-Impressionism
Movement following Impressionism
- ImpressionismArt movement emphasizing light
- van GoghDutch Post-Impressionist surname
- GauguinFrench artist abroad
Cézanne · African art · Japanese prints · Die Brücke · Cubism · Orphism · color theory
bold color
Intense, striking hue
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- distortionTwisting from original state
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
Matisse
French fauvism founder
- BraqueFrench cubism pioneer
- 1905Four-digit year designation
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
wild beasts · Paris · modernism · revolutionary · scandalous · radical
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
- seascapeOcean scene depiction
harbor · Mediterranean · countryside · nude · pleasure · leisure · coastal
joyful
Feeling great happiness
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
- sensoryRelated to perception
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- art worldartist, painter, painting, paintings, sculpture
- paintingoil painting, watercolor, acrylic paint, oils, oil paints
- art historyart history, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, modern art
- Modern Artcubism, Cubism, dadaism, Dadaism, Dada