FauvismFauvism

By: Dominic RossBy: Dominic Ross

The MovementThe Movement The paintings of the Fauves The paintings of the Fauves

were made by seemingly wild were made by seemingly wild brush strokes and strident brush strokes and strident colors, while they had a high colors, while they had a high degree of simplification and degree of simplification and abstraction. Most artists say abstraction. Most artists say fauvism is an extreme fauvism is an extreme development of Van Gogh’s development of Van Gogh’s Post-Impressionism movement Post-Impressionism movement fused with the pointillism of fused with the pointillism of Seurat. Others believe Seurat. Others believe Fauvism is also a mode of Fauvism is also a mode of Expressionism.Expressionism.

Henri Matisse’s Portrait Henri Matisse’s Portrait of Madame Matisseof Madame Matisse

Henri Matisse’s WorkHenri Matisse’s Work

Women in a Hat Les Toits de CollioureWomen in a Hat Les Toits de Collioure

OriginOrigin Fauvism became a style in Fauvism became a style in

1900 and beyond 1910 but it 1900 and beyond 1910 but it was only popular for only three was only popular for only three years from 1905 to 1907 in years from 1905 to 1907 in which the movement had three which the movement had three exhibitions. Henri Matisse was exhibitions. Henri Matisse was a leader in the movement and a leader in the movement and was inspired when his teacher was inspired when his teacher John Peter Russell a former John Peter Russell a former friend of Vincent Van Gogh friend of Vincent Van Gogh and a famous impressionist and a famous impressionist painter showed him one of Van painter showed him one of Van Gogh’s Post-Impressionist Gogh’s Post-Impressionist paintings and Matisse quickly paintings and Matisse quickly fell in love with the movementfell in love with the movement

The Young Sailor II The Young Sailor II By Henri MatisseBy Henri Matisse

Salon D’AutomneSalon D’Automne

The artists of this movement including The artists of this movement including Henri Matisse and Andre Derain the Henri Matisse and Andre Derain the leaders of the group shared their first leaders of the group shared their first exhibition at the 1905 Salon d’Automne. exhibition at the 1905 Salon d’Automne. The group gained this name after a critic The group gained this name after a critic Louis Vauxcelles describe their show of Louis Vauxcelles describe their show of work with the phrase Donatello au milieu work with the phrase Donatello au milieu des fauves which meant among the wild des fauves which meant among the wild beasts, contrasting the paintings with a beasts, contrasting the paintings with a Renaissance-type sculpture.Renaissance-type sculpture.

Other PaintingsOther Paintings Maurice de Vlaminck’s Andre Derain’sMaurice de Vlaminck’s Andre Derain’s The River Seine at Chatou Charing Cross BridgeThe River Seine at Chatou Charing Cross Bridge

The EndThe End

Henri Matisse Henri Matisse Landscape at Landscape at Collioure, 1905Collioure, 1905