3. Fauvism and its Origins
Impressionism
• Often nature and
landscapes
• Natural colors but
intensified
• Thick, direct-to-canvas
application of paint (Van
Gogh)
• Use color contrast to create
illusions of shading
• Perspective
Fauvism
• Often nature and landscapes
• Unnatural colors
• Thick, direct-to-canvas
application of paint
• Use color contrast to intensify
feelings
• No perspective
6. Defining Characteristics
• COLOR: unnatural colors that express emotion,
rather than imitate reality
• SIMPLICITY: no details. Mostly geometric shapes (but
not to the point of Cubism).
• EXPRESSIVENESS: this was the beginning of
expressionism! Emotions are conveyed through the
use of color!
• EVERYDAY SUBJECTS: often landscapes, but also
portraits and the occasional still life. Things that you
would see everyday, but in an obscure way.
7. Henri Matisse
• Born in Le Chateau in
1869
• Originally planned to
study law
• Taught by Moreau at
the Ecole des Beaux-
Arts
• Went on to papier colle
• Died in 1954
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13. Maurice de Vlaminck
• Born in Paris in 1876
• Moved to Chatou at the age of
16 and by the time he was 18
he had a wife and a daughter
• Was against art school
• Saw an exhibit of Van Gogh’s
art and was inspired by the
thick, direct-to-canvas painting
• Went on to duller, blue, white
and grey landscapes and later
his own expressionist style
with dark colors
• Died in 1958
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16. André Derain
• Born in Chatou in 1880
• Went to the Carriere
Academy with Matisse
• Met de Vlaminck in 1901
due to a train derailment.
They lived in the same
town.
• The bridge between de
Vlaminck and Matisse
• Reverted to Realism
• Died in Chambourg at the
age of 74
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21. Georges Rouault
• Born in Paris in 1871
• Went to Ecole des
Beaux-Arts with Matisse
• Died in 1958
