FAUVISM

This famous avant-garde movement is credited with being one of the first of its kind to prosper at the start of the 20th century. Pioneered by Henri Matisse owed a significant debt to impressionism, as it exhibited vibrant colours in order to capture landscapes and still lifes, However, it became its own movement as Fauvists, such as Matisse, instilled a heightened sense of emotionalism into their paintings, often utilizing crude and blatant brushstrokes and vivid colours straight from their tubes that are first appalled audiences. It was the overly expressiveness of these raw and basic techniques that led art critic Louis Vauxcelles to christen such painters fauves (wild beasts). Other notable fauvists include Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, and George Braque, the latter evolving from the unclad emotionalism of Fauvism to create the more structured and logical focuses of cubism, which is viewed as being a direct descendent of Fauvism.

ANDRÉ DERAIN (1880-1954)
'The Pool of London', 1906 (oil on canvas)

ANDRÉ DERAIN (1880-1954)
'The Turning Road at L'Estaque', 1906 (oil on canvas)

HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
'The Roofs of Collioure', 1905 (oil on canvas)

RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953)
'Henley Regatta', 1933 (gouache)