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Famous Painters of the Fauve Style
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
Maurice Vlaminck (1876-1958)
Matisse (1869-1954)
Henri Manguin (1874-1949)
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Franz Marc (1880-1916)
André Derain (1880-1954)
The Fauvist movement was
the exuberant stepchild
of pointillism
and
impressionism.
The movement was led by
Henri Matisse.
The Fauves
emphasized vivid colors,
hearty brushstrokes and
simplified forms. Raoul
Dufy
declared,
"I don't follow any
system. All the laws you
can lay down are only so
many props to be cast
aside when the hour of
creation arrives." The
subject matter of the
Fauve painters is
often impulsive and
innovative.
They generally favored seascapes,
the French countryside,
portraits, nudes, and
domestic interiors. The
Fauve palette is what
set them apart. They
used paint directly from
the tube and never mixed
their colors. Fauvist
painters loved deep
reds, oranges, and
bright greens.
Their unusual palette seemed intense, garish, even
offensive to some.
André Derain
observed,
"We
were always intoxicated
with color, with words
that speak of color, and
with the sun that makes
colors live."
This
new style of paintings
was a reflection of the
transformation that was
taking place in Europe,
the change from the
restrictive Victorian
age to a more
enlightened, tolerant
society.
"Matisse
stated
"Expression,
for me, does not reside
in passions glowing in a
human face or manifested
by violent movement. The
entire arrangement of my
picture is expressive;
the place occupied by
the figures, the empty
spaces around them, the
proportions, everything
has its share."
When the Fauvists held their first exhibit, the daring forms and vivid colors outraged the Paris art world. Critics stormed out and threw glasses of wine at some of the paintings. One critic, Marcel Dupree, was so aghast at the Fauvist paintings he vomited outside the gallery and took to his bed for several weeks.
The Fauvist movement reflects a number of influences including: Japanese woodblock prints, and French artists, Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin.
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