Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Fauvism

Fauvism 1900-1920

The first characteristic a viewer will notice on fauvist works is the intense colors used throughout the painting. Fauvists used pure and

unblended colors in a way that has nothing to do with how the human eye views an object, person or a landscape. Another deviation

from the predominant movement of the late 19th century, impressionism, was the absence of small and thin brush strokes. Disregard of

three-dimensionality does not refer to disregard of perspective, as fauvist painters made use of the technique to depict depth in objects

and landscapes. Instead, the issues that weakened the perception of depth on fauvist paintings were the seemingly autonomous bold

strokes and the lack of subtle shading.

Franz Marc
-The Tower of Blue Horses, 1913.


-Yellow Cow, 1911



Henri Matisse
-Open Window, 1905.


-The Dance, 1910

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