ARTH 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Louis Vauxcelles, Wild Beasts, Henri Matisse
Document Summary
Generally looked upon as the first of the modern avant-garde groups to emerge in the 20th century: short lived: 1905 1907. The term fauvism was a derogatory term. In 1905 there was an alternative salon & louie vauxcelles, an art critic, states donatello, among the wild beast! . He saw the artists as irrational and deemed them fauve . Vibrant colors are a common theme & in the many pieces of art which this group was famous for. Gauguin stated to paint from other cultures a nd use non local color for expression of meaning. Henri used color and line for joyful expression. (cid:498)color like sticks of dynamite(cid:499) & (cid:498)what i"m after above all is expression(cid:499) This is where matisse begins to simplify to b asic shapes, flatten things out and experiment with curved lines and color. This was very decorative and he"s showing his transition to simplifying objects to basic shapes. He uses curved line in overall piece.
