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 origins of modern art are typically traced back to the formal deconstructions of Cubism or Duchamp’s conceptual games. Comparatively little is said about the earlier influence of the Fauves, led ...
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 ...
“Glancing at one or two of Braque’s paintings in a casual stroll through a museum cannot compare with experiencing, side by side and chronologically, many of the great paintings that established him ...
She almost always wore black, but in Woman with a Hat (1905) so many colours swirl around the canvas that Amélie Matisse's dress is an indeterminate shade. She was a brunette, but her hair is a streak ...
Albanian artist Adrian Cene works in the style of Fauvism, which was so much favored by Henry Matisse and his artistic circle. Their vividly colored canvases were described as being the “work of wild ...
Art lovers soon will descend upon the Grand Palais for Art Basel Paris. But it’s hardly the building’s first turn in the spotlight. By Farah Nayeri This summer, on the evening of July 26, during the ...
Listen, we don't know what Fauvism is, but we know cool art when we see it. Artist James Barnett's oil paintings of scenes from Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto 4 and Team Fortress 2, are done in the early ...