Fauvism Paperback | Pages: 216 pages

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Original Title:	Fauvism (World of Art)
ISBN:	0500202273 (ISBN13: 9780500202272)
Edition Language:	English

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Les Fauves (the wild beasts) was the nickname given in 1905 to a group of painters led by Henri Matisse. Today, their paintings are among the most popular of all twentieth-century art. Yet when Matisse and his friends - Derain, Vlaminck, Marquet, Dufy and Braque among them - first exhibited their work, the reaction of public and critics was astonishment and often hostility. Using strong, even strident, colors, applied in a manner deriving from Cezanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh, the Fauves took painting back to its basic principles, inspired by primitive art, popular prints and children's paintings, and paved the way to Cubism. The artists, their work, their relationships, their achievements and the critical and commercial response to their work are discussed in this absorbing book, the first in many years to offer a reappraisal of Fauvism.

"A remarkable, comprehensive achievement."—The New York Times Book Review

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Title	:	Fauvism
Author	:	Sarah Whitfield
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 216 pages
Published	:	September 17th 1996 by Thames Hudson (first published June 1996)
Categories	:	Art. Art History. Nonfiction

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Excellent introductory survey

This book is about fauvism which was all about color! Color! Yet 98% of the photographs of the paintings are in black and white! Did that seem to be a problem for the author Sarah Whitfield or the publisher Thames and Hudson who published this book is 1991? I might also ask how this book could be rated so highly on this website- I don't get it! To learn about art you need to see it! This book no matter how well written is useless! Totally useless unless you are going to look each painting up on

I picked this up today at the Folkwang Museum in Essen, after seeing their wonderful 'Ecstasy of Colour' exhibition: Munch, Matisse and the Expressionists.http://www.folkwang-im-farbenrausch.d...

A brief history of the even briefer artistic movement named after the "wild beasts". One of its most fervent and passionate devotees was Maurice Vlaminck, a one-time professional cycle racer.

Beautiful! just beautiful!The book was a bit of a slow read. It covers the Fauve artists, style and critical reaction to the style. The book contains lot of illustrations.



The book was a bit of a slow read. It covers the Fauve artists, style and critical reaction to the style. The book contains lot of illustrations.