Look up: fauvism

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   Fauvism
   Fauvism, French Fauvisme, style of painting that flourished in France from 1898 to 1908; it used pure, brilliant colour, applied straight from the paint tubes in an aggressive, direct manner to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas. The Fauves painted directly from nature as the Impressionists had before them, but their works were invested with a strong expressive reaction to the subjects they painted. First formally exhibited in Paris in 1905, Fauvist paintings shocked visitors to the an...
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   Fauvism
   [n] - an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and non-natural colors and simple forms
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   Fauvism
   Painting style of early 20th century. The word means “Wild Beastâ€?, so called because of the use of bold, clashing and vibrant colours. Henri Matisse and André Derain were leading artists known for this type of painting. The Fauve movement was a major influence in the paintings of the early Scottish Colourists.
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   fauvism
   Movement in modern French painting characterized by the use of very bold, vivid, pure colours. The name is a reference to the fact that the works seemed crude and untamed to many people at the time....
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   Fauvism
   Name given to the painting of Matisse, Derain and their circle from 1905 to about 1910. They were called les fauves - the wild beasts - because of their use of strident colour and apparently wild brushwork. Their subjects were highly simplified so their work was also quite abstract. Fauvism can be seen as an extreme extension of the Post-Impression ...
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   fauvism
   noun an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists
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   Fauvism
   `Les Fauves` (French for `The Wild Beasts`) were a short-lived and loose grouping of early 20th century Modern artists, whose works emphasized painterly qualities, and strong colour over the representational values retained by Impressionism. While Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only three years, 1905–1907, and had three exhibitions.The leaders of the movement were Henri Matisse an...
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   Fauvism
   style of painting that flourished in France around the turn of the 20th century. Fauve artists used pure, brilliant colour aggressively applied ... [10 related articles]
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