Les Fauves

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Les Fauves were an early 20th-century French art movement known for their radical use of vivid, non-naturalistic color and bold brushwork, led by artists such as Henri Matisse and André Derain.

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instanceOf art movement ⓘ
avant-garde movement ⓘ
aimedTo emphasize individual expression ⓘ
liberate color from descriptive role ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
artisticStyle Fauvism ⓘ
associatedGenre landscape painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
still life painting ⓘ
contrastedWith Impressionism ⓘ
country France ⓘ
exhibitedAt Salon d'Automne ⓘ
Salon des Indépendants ⓘ
hasMember Albert Marquet ⓘ
André Derain ⓘ
Charles Camoin ⓘ
Georges Braque ⓘ
Georges Rouault ⓘ
Henri Manguin ⓘ
Henri Matisse ⓘ
Kees van Dongen ⓘ
Maurice de Vlaminck ⓘ
Othon Friesz ⓘ
Raoul Dufy ⓘ
influenced German Expressionism ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
influencedBy African art ⓘ
Georges Seurat ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
Japanese prints ⓘ
Neo-Impressionism ⓘ
Paul Gauguin ⓘ
Post-Impressionism ⓘ
Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
language French ⓘ
ledBy André Derain ⓘ
Henri Matisse ⓘ
movementEnd around 1908 ⓘ
movementStart 1905 ⓘ
namedBy Louis Vauxcelles ⓘ
nameMeaning the wild beasts ⓘ
notableCharacteristic bold brushwork ⓘ
emotional expression through color ⓘ
emphasis on painterly qualities ⓘ
non-naturalistic color ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
vivid color ⓘ
notableExhibition Salon d'Automne 1905 ⓘ
linked to: Salon d'Automne
region Paris ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Louis Vauxcelles → described → Henri Matisse and his circle as "les fauves" ⓘ
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Hans Hofmann → influencedBy → French Fauvism ⓘ
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Charles Camoin → associatedWith → Fauvist painters ⓘ
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Landscape with Red Trees → associatedArtistGroup → Fauves ⓘ
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The Port of La Rochelle → artisticStyle → Fauvist ⓘ
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Alfred Maurer → artisticStyle → Fauvist ⓘ
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Alfred Maurer → influencedBy → French Fauvism ⓘ
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Exhibitions of the Jack of Diamonds group → influencedBy → French Fauves ⓘ
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The Luxury II → artStyle → Fauvist ⓘ
linked to: Les Fauves