Fauvism was an early 20th century avant-garde art movement known for its bold, bright colors and painterly brushwork. Led by Henri Matisse and Andre Derain, the Fauves sought to express emotion through non-naturalistic colors, earning them the nickname "les Fauves" or "wild beasts" from critic Louis Vauxcelles. Some prominent Fauvist works include Matisse's Open Window and Woman with a Hat, and Derain's The Drying Sails and Charing Cross Bridge.

4. To learn about the different characteristics of
a fauve painting
To find out who are the prominent fauve
painters
To identify famous fauvist paintings

5. FAUVISM
1904-1908

6. Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903)
Eugene Paul Henry Gauguin
 He was a French post-Impressionist artist who
was not well appreciated until
after his death.
 It was his use of symbolic color that
pushed art towards the style of Fauvism.

7. “Vision After the Sermon” (1888)

8. Henri Matisse and Andre Derain
Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse
(31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954)
 He was a French draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor,
but is known primarily as a painter.
Andre Derain
(10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954)
 He was a French artist,
painter, sculptor
LES FAUVES
“wild beasts”
coined by:
the art critic, Louis Vauxcelles

9. FAUVE PAINTINGS by Henri Matisse
The Open Window, Collioure
1905
Woman with a Hat
1905
La Danse
1910
The Roofs of Collioure
1905

10. FAUVE PAINTINGS by Andre Derain
The Drying Sails
1905
Charing Cross Bridge
1906
Bridge Over the Riou
1906

11. FAUVISM
1. _________________ was the first of the avant-garde movements that
flourished in France in the early years of the twentieth century.
2. Fauvism has its roots in the post-Impressionist paintings
of________________.
3. ________________ and ________________ formed the basis of a group of
painters who enjoyed painting pictures with outrageously bold colors.
5. Their title was coined by the art critic _________________ who was amused by
the exaggerated color in their art.
4. The group was nicknamed _____________ which meant 'wild beasts' in
French.
6. Give at least 2 paintings of Henri Matisse.
7. Give at least 2 paintings of Andre Derain.