FAUVISMBy Ashley Davis and Sarah Redman

Sarah Redman and Ashley Davis

WHAT IS FAUVISM?

Bright, unblended colors, usually symbolic Simplified shapes and forms that exaggerate

color Loose brushstrokes Distorted figures Mostly portraiture, still life, and landscapes

Started in 1905 and lasted for three years First avant-garde style of the 20th century

WHAT INFLUENCED FAUVISM?

Impressionism/Post-Impressionism Van Gogh Cezanne

Pointilism Seurat

WHAT MOVEMENTS DID FAUVISM INFLUENCE?

Cubism Orphism

Abstract Expressionism Expressionism

CRITIC RESPONSES

Critics and Parisians didn’t like the paintings at all and actually covered their eyes at the first Fauvist show.

Were angry at the form of art because it looked so savage.

The name “Fauves” came from Louis Vauxcelles as a derogatory term to describe their lack of structure in their paintings.

“Fauves” literally means “Wild Beasts” Some also found their style confusing

HENRI MATISSE 1869 – 1954 “What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity,

and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.”

“The artist only sees old truths in a new light, because there are no new truths.”

“Construction by colored surfaces. Search for intensity of color, subject matter being unimportant. Reaction against the diffusion of local tone in light. Light...expressed by a harmony of intensely colored surfaces.”

“We move towards serenity through the simplification of ideas and form… Details lessen the purity of the lines, they harm the emotional intensity, and we choose to reject them. It is a question of learning – and perhaps relearning the ‘handwriting’ of lines. The aim of painting is not to reflect history, because this can be found in books. We have a higher conception. Through it, the artist expresses his inner vision.”

Luxe, calme et volupté1904

Henri Matisse

La Joie de Vivre1905-1906

Henri Matisse

The Open Window1905

Henri Matisse

Portrait of Madame Matisse 1905

Henri Matisse

Woman With a Hat1905

Henri Matisse

ANDRE DERAIN

1880 - 1954 “I used color as a means

of expressing my emotion and not as a transcription of nature.”

Drying Sails1905

André Derain

Boats in Collioure1905

André Derain

Self-Portrait in Studio1903

Andre Derain

Charing Cross Bridge1906

Andre Derain

Portrait of a man with a newspaper

1911Andre Derain

The Pool of London 1906

Andre Derain

Portrait of Henri Matisse1906

Andre Derain

MAURICE DE VLAMINCK

1876 – 1958 “I wanted to burn down the

Ecole des Beaux-Arts with my cobalts and vermillions and I wanted to express my feelings with my brushes without troubling what painting was like before me”

Sailing Boat on the Seine1906

Maurice de Vlaminck

The Circus1906

Maurice de Vlaminck

The Orchard1905

Maurice de Vlaminck

Barge on the Seine at Pecq1906

Maurice de Vlaminck

Andre Derain1906

Maurice de Vlaminck

GEORGES ROUAULT

1871 – 1958

The Old King1937

Georges Rouault

Femme fière1936

Georges Rouault

Près des fortifications désertiques, je naquis1929

Georges Rouault

Faubourg1910

Georges Rouault

Apostles1937

Georges Rouault

HOW FAUVISM HAS CHANGED ART

Color freedom Talent levels Irregular shapes and forms