The art critic Louis Vauxcelles gave them their name in 1905: the "Fauves". Translated into English, this means something like "beasts" or "wild animals". This catalogue is published on the occasion of the first panoramic exhibition on the Fauves to be organised in Switzerland in decades.
It presents the expressive style of painting and the unusual colour combinations employed by Matisse, Derain and their companions in the years 1904 to 1908, situating them in the aesthetic and socio-political debates of the time.
The masculine connotation of the term Fauves already suggests the exclusion of women artists on a conceptual level.
The exhibition and catalogue challenge this traditional view and draw attention to the female protagonists of the Parisian art scene.
Profusely illustrated and complemented by new art historical research, the publication offers an insight into the diversity of colourful "animal" painting.
Pages: 352
Language: English
Author: Arthur Fink, Claudine Grammont, Josef Helfenstein
Year: 2023
MODEL: 9783422801196
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag DKV
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Matisse, Derain, and Their Friends the Parisian Avant-garde 1904ā1908 Miscellaneous English
