Ebook: Les Fauves

A HISTORY OF FAUVISM; HENRI MATISSE; MAURICE DE VLAMINCK; ANDRÉ DERAIN; ALBERT MARQUET; RAOUL DUFY; OTHON FRIESZ; HENRI MANGUIN; KEES VAN DONGEN; GEORGES ROUAULT; JEAN PUY; LOUIS VALTAT; HENRI LE FAUCONNIER; RENÉ SEYSSAUD; AUGUSTE CHABAUD 1882-1955; NOTES; INDEX.;Born at the dawn of the 20th century, Fauvism burst onto the artistic scene at the 1905 Salon d'Automne with great controversy by throwing bright, vibrant colours in the face of artistic convention. Fuelled by change, artists like Matisse, Derain, and Vlaminck searched for a new chromatic language by using colour out of its habitual context. Freed from the strict technique advocated by the École des Beaux-Arts, they used blocky colours as their main resource, saturating their stunning paintings. The author invites us to experience this vivid artistic evolution that, although encompassing a sho.