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Definition of Fauvism
1. Noun. An art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists.
Definition of Fauvism
1. Noun. An artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fauvism
1. a movement in painting [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fauvism
Literary usage of Fauvism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Matter, Form, and Style: A Manual of Practice in the Writing of English by Hardress O'Grady (1913)
"Largely as a result of this preoccupation with colour, there is the striking fact
that Vincent alone of the leaders of fauvism, dead or living, ..."
2. Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning by Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine (1915)
"... as well as the one of fauvism, was originally intended to designate all the
art movements after Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism and included such ..."
3. Cubists and Post-impressionism by Arthur Jerome Eddy (1914)
"These are the leaders of fauvism. ^ <S> S> At the exhibition in New York one had
the unusual opportunity of seeing in close contact many works of all four. ..."
4. Daytrips Germany by Earl Steinbicker (2002)
"A complete break with past traditions, this movement was the beginning of modern
art in Germany, and was the contemporary equivalent of French fauvism. ..."
5. Sculpture in Rotterdam by Jan van Adrichem, Jelle Bouwhuis, Mariette Dölle (2002)
"... fauvism and Cubism (including work by Laurens) and achieved its apotheosis in
the organic abstraction of Hans Arp and the Constructivism of Naum Gabo, ..."
6. Canada 2002 by Wayne C. Thompson (2003)
"... artists distinguished themselves from the movement; among them, David Milne
Brown, who developed a technique inspired by fauvism and impressionism. ..."
7. Provence & Côte D'Azurby Richard Sale by Richard Sale (1999)
"When fauvism was born as a reaction to Impressionism, Matisse and Dufy, both
living in Nice, were the leading lights. Today they lie in the same cemetery at ..."
8. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"... cism cannot be separated from fauvism, symbolism and dadaism. Indeed they are
all branches of the same tree, united by one unique and common factor ..."
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