The Evolution of Derain
I’ve been familiar with André Derain as an originator of Fauvism, a painter of wildly colored landscapes and portraits with energetic brushstrokes and skewed drawings. If you don’t know what…
What Price Fauvism?
On February 9th Bateaux à Collioure by André Derain sold at Christie’s of London for £5,865,250 ($9.4 million). Derain painted the scene of boats in the harbor during the summer of…
Why Fauvism?
Once I was in a choir where the director taught us how to hit the high notes. She said if you strain to slide up toward the high note, you’ll…
Fauvism: Part 2
Georges Braque was another French artist who was influenced by Matisse and Derain. He painted in the Fauvist style for a short period before evolving toward cubism. See several examples…
What is Fauvism?
Fauvism developed when Henri Matisse painted with Andre Derain at Collioure on the French Riviera during the summer of 1905. Matisse’s Open Window Collioure combined landscape with a rectangular window…
Revival of Fauvism
In the Post Impressionist period of the early 20th century, a group of artists experimented with bold, expressive color and defined brushstrokes. They were influenced by Vincent VanGogh and Paul Gaugin…