André Derain's 1906 painting La Femme en Chemise showcases Fauvism's bold colors and brushstrokes. National Gallery of Denmark / SMK Photo / Jakob Skou-Hansen In 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain ...
The Salon d’Automne in Paris may have been launched in 1903 as a liberal alternative to the staid Paris Salon, but even it was unprepared for what Henri Matisse unveiled in 1905. That year, the ...
You might not think so when you read headlines about a Van Gogh failing to sell at auction, but Impressionist and modern art are booming alongside contemporary art. So much so that good Impressionism ...
In 1905, painter Henri Matisse invited young Parisian artist André Derain to join him in the French fishing village of Collioure. Inspired by the exquisite light of the Mediterranean, the two men ...
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), born in Paris, was one of the painters who exhibited at the 1905 Salon d’Automne, considered the beginning of the Fauvism art movement. The name “Fauvism” came from a ...
The leaders of a short-lived but consequential art movement that flourished early in the 20th century take center stage at the Met Museum. By Roberta Smith If you ever took an art history survey in ...
The newly opened exhibition features French masterpieces from the likes of Henri Matisse, André Derain, Raoul Dufy and Maurice de Vlaminck. Kunstmuseum Basel in Basel, Switzerland has opened a major ...
A visitor views Henri Matisse's artwork "Young Sailor II" during the exhibition "Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the ...
The Folkwang Museum is hosting a show of work that juxtaposes French Fauvism with similar movements across Europe. Politically, the Continent might have been deeply divided in the early 20th century, ...