The Fauvist movement lasted from 1903-1907 and was one of the first modernist art styles. Key characteristics included the use of intense, unnatural colors to convey emotion rather than realism and the rejection of traditional perspective. Major Fauvist artists like Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck were inspired by the bright sunlight of southern France and used vivid color palettes in their depictions of ordinary subjects to express their feelings. Their works shocked viewers at the 1905 Salon d'Automne exhibition in Paris, where the term "Fauvism" originated. The movement had a significant influence on later modernist and expressionist styles through its radical use of color.

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3.  Used intense color to emphasize light & space; show
artists emotional state.
 Favored traditional subjects.
 One of the first modernist movements.
 Rejected natural perspective
 Used ordinary subject matter in own expressive
ways.
 Juxtaposing colors to create new tones and looks
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4.  Lasted from 1903-1907ish
 Became evident at Salon d’Automne of 1905
 “Fauves” translates directly to “wild beasts”
 Grew from works of several acquaintances
interested in the same technique
› pupils of Gustave Moreau
 Artists used the unique light of the south of
France to inspire new color pallets.
› The city of Chatou
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5. “He did not send us on the right road, but off the
roads”-Henri Matisse Fauvist painter
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6.  Known for his strange and mystical works
 Parents were both artists
 Began studies with Neoclassicism
 Attended L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts
 Learned to love exotic romanticism, dramatic
lighting and bright colors
 Inspired a lot of symbolist painters, poets and
writers
 Became professor at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts
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7. “Fauve art isn’t everything, but it is the foundation of
everything”-Henri Matisse
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8.  Pointillism led Matisse to develop color structure
 Studied at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts
 Goal was to create his own language through
works
 Studied under Gustave Moreau
 Basically the founder of Fauvism
 Only artist who really stuck with it his whole life
 Inspired many young painters
 Liked to paint with the female figure
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9. “In art, theories are as useful as a doctor’s prescription; one
be sick to believe [the other].”-Maurice de Vlaminck
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10.  Born in Paris from two musical parents
 Didn’t get to have “the best” education
› Still very curious and emotionally fearless
 Seen in his works that he was not afraid of how the
public would react
› Rebellion, roughness, and disorder
 Met Derain on a train; shared a studio in the city
Chatou
 After fauvism, turned toward more conserved
paintings
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11. “I used color as means of expressing my emotion and not a
transcription of nature”- Andre Derain
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12.  Studied with de Vlaminck in Paris
 Met Matisse in 1899 and began to work together
 Can see a lot of Impressionist subjects in his work
› Landscapes
› Cities
 Was drafted into the war from 1901-1904 and art
studies intrupted
 When he returned, jumped right into Fauvism with
his old friends
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13. “My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that
those who see him will be converted.”-Georges Rouault
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14.  Cubism, expressionism, and fauvism all part of his
work; but never wanted to be tied to a specific
movement
 Very religious, aimed to show life in “best light”
 Paintings sought to reveal society’s imperfections
 Paintings showed this by using violent colors and
sharp strokes
 Also studied at L’Ecole de Beaux Arts under
Moreau
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19.  Influences for Fauvism
› Represented the break of ordinary things in nature
to artist’s interpertation
› Post-Impressionism: the bright and vibrant colors &
crazy brushstrokes
› The pure, bright colors with which Vincent Van Gogh
will forever remain associated
› Futurism: broke away from Romanticism
› Futurism and Fauvism worked together
› Naturism: cultural and political movement
promoting public nudity
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20.  Influences from Fauvism
› Modernism: reject normal connections and committed to
new ideas
› Experimentation, discovery, searching were used to
define art
› Abstractionism
› Began to ignore “social realities”
› Bold colorization was a formative influence on countless
artists, including Max Beckmann, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon
Schiele, and George Baselitz
› Context of being first modernism movement highly
influenced Katherine Mansfield
 Writer for a journal that used “raw” qualities of Fauvist
movement
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21. Max Beckmann
Oskar Kokoschka
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22. Egon Schiele
George Baseelitz
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23.  Exhibition at Salon d’Automne 1905 shocked many
people
› Where critic Louis Vauxcelles gave them their name
 All of the works put in a room with a renaissance statue
put in the middle of them all
 Some saw as political statement since colors challenged
normal aesthetics of traditional art
 Judges of Salon asked Fauves to stop painting “out of
respect”
 Positive critics said paintings were “flat”; considered a
window to the world
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