Fauvism Flashcards
Background to fauvism
First revolutionary movement of the 20th century
3 male French exhibited their work in the Salon d’Autumn. Viewers were shocked at the strong colours and.
It is not a coherent group with rules, but a short lived coming together of artists with the same approach to painting.
They avoided naturalism
What was the tree french men’s biggest contribution to modernism
The liberation of colour
Who were the three men
Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck
How did fauvism get its name and what other movement is it similar to
It got its name from a critic who said their work looked like it had been among wild beasts. The french word for beast is Fauves, which is where ‘fauvism’ came from. This is similar to the way Impressionism got their name.
Influences on fauvism
Vincent Van Gogh Paul Gauguin Georges Seurat Henri Rousseau Non-western cultures Synthetic colour
How did Van Gogh influence fauvism
Non-descriptive and emotive colour
Method of working
Importance of feeling the creative process
How did Gauguin influence fauvism
Belief that certain sensations and feelings can be conveyed by colour
A painter can use colour independently of natural appearances to express emotion
Large flat colour areas
Heavy outlines (colonialism)
Primitive character of shape
How did Seurat influence fauvism
His divisionism whereby pure colour was applied in small brushstrokes or dots mix optically in the viewer’s eye, was an influence on the broken brushstrokes of the fates at the beginning. They later revolted against these broken areas of colour.
How did Rousseau influence fauvism
His naive art and bright colours
How did non-western cultures influence fauvism
Africa and Polynesia influenced the fauvists with their non-representative and decorative qualities.
Brilliantly coloured textiles in Morocco and North Africa impressed Matisse
Colours and shapes of this type of art suggested that there were ways of making art other than traditional western art
How did synthetic colour influence fauvism
It was developed through technology and helped the fauvists to achieve their unusually bright colours.
What is naive art
A term used for artists with no formal training.
Who is an example of a naive artist
Henri Rousseau
What are the characteristics of naive art
Bright colours, but the approach is naturalistic with a loft of attention to detail. They pay little attention to perspective
Characteristics of fauvism.
The steered clear fo naturalistic portrayals because of their belief that a painting has its own reality and is not only s version of the visual world