fauvists

Matisse's artistic circle

Fauvists were early 20th-century painters who used bold, non-naturalistic colors and vigorous brushwork.

The movement, centered in Paris around 1905, included Matisse and Derain.

A critic dubbed them *les fauves* (wild beasts) for their jarring palette—portraits with green faces, landscapes in impossible oranges: The fauvists shocked audiences who expected realistic color.

color

vivid

Intensely clear and bright

saturatedThoroughly soaked through
boldCourageous and daring
vibrantFull of life, intensity

chromatic · intense · brilliant · luminous · radiant · arbitrary · complementary · pure · unmixed · clashing

movement

avant-garde

Innovative cultural pioneers

revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
radicalRoot-indicating symbol
pioneeringFirst to explore territory

experimental · short-lived · Post-Impressionism · scandalous · controversial · influential · transitional · Parisian · French · exhibition

artists

Henri Matisse

1905Four-digit year designation
ParisFrance's chief city
coloristOne who applies pigment

Georges Braque · painter · brushwork · French art

style

expressionism

Distorting reality for emotion

spontaneityActing without forethought
gesturalRelating to body movements
distortionTwisting from original state

flattened · simplified · decorative · patterned · loose · unfinished · impasto · raw · primal · intuitive

Opposites

artistic movement/style

fauvistsrealists

Those accepting things as-is

photorealists · neoclassicists · impressionists · minimalists · naturalists

color philosophy

fauvistsDutch Masters

Cigar brand, classical artwork

Barbizon School

artistic temperament/approach

fauvistsacademicians

Members of learned professions

classicists · traditionalists · old masters · cubists

Family

fauvist

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