Fauvism by Sarah Whitfield

Fauvism by Sarah Whitfield

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.

Sarah Whitfield is an art historian, writer and curator. She is co-author of the René Magritte Catalogue Raisonné, and serves on the authentication committee for the Estate of Francis Bacon.

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ISBN 13	9780500202272
ISBN 10	0500202273
Titel	Fauvism
Autor	Sarah Whitfield
Serie	World Of Art
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	1991-06-17
Seitenanzahl	216
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