The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 132 - 133

Question 1

Dufy: Fauve’s Animator

Answer 1

• Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
• he proved Expressionism could be jovial
• used intense colors that had nothing to do with an object’s appearance but everything to do with his own outlook

Question 2

Rouault: Stained Glass Paintings

Answer 2

• Georges Rouault (1871-1958)
• canvases filled with pain and suffering
• after 1918, virtually all his work was on religious subjects

Question 3

Brancusi: The Egg and I

Answer 3

• Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957)
• he saw reality in the terms of a few basic, universal shapes: the egg, the smooth pebble, and the blade of grass
• refused to work under professional stonecutters