Fauvism

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Fauvism

• Lyndsay Hoffmann
• Leah VandenAkker
• Jamie McCloskey

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Fauvism (Leah VandenAkker)

• WHAT A movement known for its vivid,
  non-naturalistic and exuberant colors. Known for
  paintings with bold color and large brushstrokes
  
• WHO Leaders Henri Matisse, Andre Derain,
  Maurice de Vlaminck,
• Also, Rouault, Braque, Dufy, Marquet, and
  Rouault
• WHEN 1905-1908 Fauvism was extremely influential
  in the evolution of 20th century art ( for
  example the modern art movement)
• WHY to find more artistic freedom, expressive,
  emotional color, creating, not imitating light
• WHERE Began 1905 in Paris as Henri Matisse led
  the shocking artistic movement

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More on Fauvism (Lyndsay Hoffmann)

• Founders of Fauvism Matisse, Vlaminck, and
  Derain
• When their work was showcased together at the
  Salon d'Automne, their space became known as the
  'Cage aux Fauves' ('Cage of Wild Beasts') because
  of the uncontrolled, violent use of intense
  colors. This is where the Fauvism movement began.
• Why were they fauvists?
• The fauvists felt that the impressionists had
  disintegrated their work into dots excessively.
  Instead, he chose to use wide, choppy brush
  strokes of pure color. (http//www.geocities.com/C
  apeCanaveral/2933/fauves/fvderain.htm)
• Why was the fauvism movement significant?
• The movement's emphasis on formal values and
  expressive use of color, line, and brushwork
  helped liberate painting from the
  representational expectations that had typically
  dominated Western art since the Renaissance.
• Also Influence by specific
  artists such as
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  Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin

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And more (Jamie McCloskey)

• Influenced by Gauguin because of his use of
  bright colors. Fauvism grew out of both
  Pointillism and Post-Impresionism
• Although fauvism was a very short-lived movement,
  it was a profound influence on the later
  expressionists.
• This period of time 1904-1907 was a very tense
  political time for the French, this included the
  beginning of World War II and the Dreyfus affair.
  
• The Dreyfus affair was an intense political and
  judicial scandal that ensued divided French
  society between those who supported Dreyfus (the
  Dreyfusards) and those who condemned him (the
  anti-Dreyfusards). The latter were often
  motivated by anti-Semitism.

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Andre Derain

• Born 1880 in Chatou (artist colony at the gates
  of Paris)
• Enlisted in the army prevented him from working
  on his art, but did not affect his fame.
• WW2 Hitler commissioned him for a family
  portrait,
• but he declined. The Nazis did not dismiss the
• Fauvists because they represented the prestige
• of French culture, with which the Nazis
• wished to identify themselves.
• Died 1954 from shock of being hit by a truck.
• Portrait de Matisse
• (1905)

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Henri Matisse

• Matisse is considered to be one of the founders
  of the Fauvists.
• Matisses fondness for bright and expressive
  color became more pronounced after he moved
  southwards in 1905 to work with Derain. His
  paintings from this period are characterized by
  flat shapes and controlled lines, with expression
  dominant over detail. This is the most prominent
  time of Fauvism.
• The decline of the Fauvist movement, after 1906,
  did nothing to affect the rise of Matisse many
  of his finest works were created between 1906 and
  1917.

Women with hat, 1905
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The River Seine at Chatou,
1906Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 18761958)Oil
on canvas 32 1/2 x 40 1/8 in. (82.6 x 101.9
cm)http//www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/HD/fauv/ho_1999.
363.84.htm