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Fauvism and the Still Life : It ’ s all about C O L O R. Visual Art I. Who were the Fauves?. Fauvism was a French art movement, led by Henri Matisse, spanning from 1869-1954. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Fauvism and the Still Life:
It’s all about COLOR
Visual Art I
Who were the Fauves? Fauvism was a French art movement, led
by Henri Matisse, spanning from 1869-1954.
Fauves is French for “Wild Beasts”. This name was used because the artists used intense, almost violent colors in an unnatural way.
Influences In the early 1900s there were several major
exhibitions in Paris of Post Impressionist artwork. These included the works of Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Cezanne and were radically different from previous work displayed.
They had loose brush strokes and bright, free use of color. These exhibitions inspired many artists who were looking to liberate their own style.
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“Wild Beasts” The Fauves took the free use of color even
further by using arbitrary and unnatural colors. They might paint a sky bright red or a person’s face green.
Complementary or Analogous color schemes were often used.
Colors were chosen for expressive purposes, not based on realism.
Complimentary Colors: Colors that are across from each other on the color wheel.
What are the 3 Primary Colors and their 3 Complimentary Colors?
Analogous Colors: are groups of colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. Analogous Colors are the range of colors that fall between two primary colors.
Example: Yellow Yellow-Orange Orange Red-OrangeRed
Other Fauves Include Maurice de Vlaminck Kees van Dongen Andre Derain Raoul Dufy
Henri Matisse
Green Stripe - 1905
The Red Studio - 1911
Maurice de Vlaminck
Tugboat on the Seine, Chatou - 1906
The River Seine at Chatou
Kees van Dongen
Andre Derain
Representational versus Realistic
What do you think‘REPRESENTATIONAL’ means in art?
Characteristics of Fauvist Artwork1. Painters used VIVID COLORS in their paintings2. Colors were used to express FEELINGS &
EMOTIONS 3. When painting, the artists did not blend or mix the
paints4. Their subject matter was REPRESENTATIONAL but
did not necessarily look completely REALISTIC.5. Fauvist Artists painted using SIMPLE & sometimes
‘Blocky’ Shapes 6. Their BRUSH STROKES were LOOSE &
REPETITIVE and often created patterns within the artwork
The Still Life in Art A picture of inanimate objects. Common still life subjects
include vessels, food, flowers, books, clothing.
A still life painting which reminds us of life's fleeting qualities is called a vanitas.
This genre flourished particularly among Dutch painters of the seventeenth century.
The plural form is "still lifes."
Still life definition from ARTLEX.COM
Fauvist Style Still Lifes
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