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Fauvism
Sarah(Ed) Whitfield
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Description for Fauvism
Paperback. Les Fauvres (the wild beasts) was the nickname given in 1905 to a group of painters led by Henri Matisse and including Derain, Vlaminck, Braque and Dufy. This work offers a reappraisal of this popular movement and discusses all its aspects - the artists, their works and their achievements. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 171 illustrations, 24 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
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, colours, 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 ... Read more
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, colours, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Series
World of Art S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500202272
SKU
V9780500202272
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About Sarah(Ed) Whitfield
Sarah Whitfield is an art historian, writer and curator. She is co-author of the Rene Magritte Catalogue Raisonne, and serves on the authentication committee for the Estate of Francis Bacon.
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