FAUVISM

(1904-1908)
 Background
• Short movement (1904-1908)
• Branch from Impressionist Movement
– Van Gogh
• Complementary colors to express emotion
• Painted the “feelings” and not intended to be
accurate.
• Painting done right out of paint tubes
Used the Color Wheel
1897

1906
IMPORTANT ARTISTS
• Matisse,
• Vlaminck
• Derain

• Display art in Salon D'Automne art exhibition

• Art described as “wild beasts” or fauves in

French.
• Paved the way for other artists.
Andre Derain - "Turning Road at L'Estaque"
Andre Derain – The Pool of London
Maurice de Vlaminck - Restaurant de la
Machine a Bougival
Maurice de Vlaminck – Landscape with Red
Trees
Circus Sideshow
Georges Seurat
1889
Luxe, calme et volupte
Henri Matisse,1904
Madame Matisse, The Green Line
Henri Matisse, 1905
The Window Henri Matisse, 1905
Harmony in Red Henri Matisse, 1908
The Red Studio Henri Matisse, 1911
Interior with a Girl Henri Matisse, 1905-1906
Gulf of Marseilles Seen from
L’Estaque
Paul Cezanne
1883-1885

Sea at Collioure
Henri Matisse
1906
Interior at Collioure Henri Matisse, 1905
The Bathers
Paul Cezanne
1898-1903

Le bonheur de vivre
Henri Matisse
1905-1906
Nude in Sunlit Landscape Henri Matisse, 1909
View of Collioure Henri Matisse, 1906
 Mountains at Collioure
Andre Derain, 1905

The Olive Trees

Vincent van Gogh
1889
 Tugboat on the Seine,
Chatou
Maurice de Vlaminck
1906

Oarsmen at Chatou
Auguste Renoir
1879
Andre Derain Maurice de Vlaminck, 1906
 Conclusion
• Broke from the norms
and used color in wild
ways.
• Lead to many other
artists using similar
techniques.
• Color use seen in
future art movements,
such as Cubism
 CUBISM 1906 – 1919
THE FIRST FORM OF ABSTRACT ART
• Everything is portrayed with geometric shapes
• Ignored color initially
• Lacks elements of light, atmosphere and space
• Overlapping Fragments
• Figures broken down into jagged planes of
color
• Spatial relationships without traditional
perspective
• Figures broken down into more than one
location in space.
• Light and shade not used to convey depth
“Accordionist”
Picasso 1911
“Violin and
Pitcher” Braque
1910
• Cubism got its name from remarks from
the painter Henri Matisse and critic Louis
Vauxcelles.
• They saw Braque’s work "Houses at
L'Estaque" and mocked it saying
“everything is broken down into cubes.”
• Thus era coined as “CUBISM”
 Cubism Influence
• Post Impressionism – Gauguin – greatly
influence Pablo Picasso
• Impressionist – Cezanne – greatly
influenced George Braque
• African Influence – greatly influenced
Picasso’s early works
• Direct reaction to Fauvism
 African Influence

African Mask 1900 “Three Women” Picasso 1908

 Gauguin Influence

“Mandolina with Flowers” Gauguin “Composition with Skull” Picasso

1883 1907
 Cezanne Influence

“Monte Sainte-Victoire”
1904 Cezanne “Fishing Boats”
1909 Braque
 Analytic Cubism
(1909-1911)
• First Cubism phase
• Monochromatic colors (tans, browns,
grays, creams, greens, blues)
• Based on reducing natural forms to
basic geometrical parts.
• Focused more on intellect than emotion
 Synthetic Cubism
(1912-1919)
• Grew out of analytical
• Wider use of color
• Wider use of materials
• Papier Colle introduced
– Type of collage
• Appealing and easier to interpret
• Less intricate
• Added substances like sand to paint to make
it appear thicker
 Analytic vs. Synthetic
• Based on intellect • Less intricate
• Monochromatic • More color
color palette • More appealing
• Reduce object to • Collage
basic geometric • Objects less
shapes recognizable
• Linear construction • Less shading
• Added substance to
paint
 IMPORTANT ARTISTS
• PABLO PICASSO
• HENRY MOORE
• DUCHAMP
“Les Demoiselles
d’Avignon”
1907 - Picasso
“The Guitar
Player” 1910
Picasso
 “Ma Jolie”
(Woman with
Zither or Guitar)
1911 Picasso
“Girl with Mandolin”
1910 - Picasso
“Glass and Bottle of
Suze” Picasso 1912
“Woman in an Arm
Chair” 1913 Picasso
“Still-life with Fruit-dish on a table” 1915 Picasso
“Fruit Dish” 1909 Braque
“Bottle and Fishes” 1910 Braque
“Violin and Candlestick”
1910 Braque
“Bottle, newspaper, pipe, and glass” 1913 Braque
“Fruit Dish, Ace of
Clubs” 1913 Braque
“Still Life on a Table: Gillete” 1914 Braque
“Ma Jolie” 1911 Picasso “Man with Guitar” 1911
Braque
“Portrait of
Picasso” 1912 Gris
“Guitar on a Chair” 1913
Gris
“The Guitar” 1913
Gris
 Conclusion
• Picasso, Gris, and Braque are the three
main Cubists
• African art, Gauguin, and Cezanne are
major influences
• Simplified objects by cutting them down
into geometric shapes and showing them
from different angles and planes
• Two major phases, analytic and synthetic
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