Fauvism
Painting
from 1898 to 1908Henry Matisse, Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck... Photographers influenced by the Fauvists are:
Robert Schaefer (by Henry Matisse)
Fauvism, French Fauvisme, style of painting that flourished in France from 1898 to 1908.
Fauvism was for most of the artists a transitional, learning stage. By 1908 a revived interest in Paul Cezanne's vision of the order and structure of nature had led them to reject the turbulent emotionalism of Fauvism in favour of the logic of Cubism. Matisse alone pursued the course he had pioneered, achieving a sophisticated balance between his own emotions and the world he painted.
"Seated Riffian" by Matisse
"Balcony"
Robert Schaefer, a brilliant photographer and our contemporary, says Matisse made a great artistic influence on him. Schaefer is the opposite to the French artist in color choice, but his choice of composition as well as artistic methods reminds about this influence.
Composition
The Fauves painted directly from nature as the Impressionists had before them, but their works were invested with a strong expressive reaction to the subjects they painted. First formally exhibited in Paris in 1905, Fauvist paintings shocked visitors to the annual Salon d'Automne; one of these visitors was the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who, because of the violence of their works, dubbed the painters "Les Fauves" (Wild Beasts).
Colors
Fauvists used pure, brilliant colour, applied straight from the paint tubes in an aggressive, direct manner to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas.
Matisse's methodical studies led him to reject traditional renderings of three-dimensional space and to seek instead a new picture space defined by movement of colour. On Matisse’s canvas “Woman with the hat” brisk strokes of colour--blues, greens, and reds--form an energetic, expressive view of the woman. In painting Matisse is ruled by his intuitive sense of formal order.
"Music" by Matisse
