FAUVISM

20th century
ETYMOLOGY & HISTORY
The contrast to traditional art was so striking it
led critic Louis Vauxcelles to describe the artists
as Les Fauves or wild beasts,
Fauvism was a style of painting developed in
France at the beginning of the 20th century by
Henri Matisse and Andr Derain.
First new artistic style of the 20th century
Was short lived because of the different ideas of
the artists
It had a large impact on other expressionistic
movements,
PIONEERS
Henri Matisse, Andr Derain, and Maurice
Vlaminck were the best known Fauve artists
for pioneering its distinctive style.
Henri Matisse and Andre Derain (1880-1954),
who had both studied together in 1897,
together with Derain's close friend Maurice de
Vlaminck (1876-1958)
INFLUENCES
It is the first real avant-garde art of the 20th
century, although it had no agenda, no
manifesto, no agreed set of aesthetics: just a
wide group of friends with similar ideas about
painting.
Influenced by: Impressionism, Symbolism,
Synthetism and Van Gogh
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
'Green Stripe - Madame Matisse
1905 (oil on canvas)
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Harmony in Red (The Dinner Table)
(1908) Hermitage, St Petersburg
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Luxe, calme et volupt, 1904
oil on canvas, 37 x 46 inches (Muse d'Orsay, Paris)
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life)
oil on canvas, 1905-06 (Barnes Foundation)
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
The Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra)
oil on canvas, 1907 (Baltimore Museum of Art)
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
'The Roofs of Collioure
1905 (oil on canvas)
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
'The Open Window, Collioure
1905 (oil on canvas)
RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)
'Henley Regatta
1933 (gouache)
Maurice de Vlaminck,
The River Seine at Chatou, 1906
Oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 40 1/8 in./ 82.6 x 101.9 cm (The Metropolitan
Museum of Art)
PAUL GAUGUIN (1884-1903)
Vision After the Sermon
1888 (oil on canvas)

Kees van Dongen
Woman with Large Hat (1906)
Private Collection


ANDR DERAIN (1880-1954)
Charing Cross bridge I (1906)
Whitney Museum, New York. By
ANDR DERAIN (1880-1954)
'The Turning Road at L'Estaque
1906 (oil on canvas)
ANDR DERAIN (1880-1954)
'Portrait of Henri Matisse
1906 (oil on canvas)
ANDR DERAIN (1880-1954)
'The Pool of London
1906 (oil on canvas)