Louis Vauxcelles
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Louis Vauxcelles was a French art critic who is most famous for coining the term "Fauvism". In 1905, at an exhibition in Paris, Vauxcelles observed the bold and unconventional use of intense colors by artists like Henri Matisse, André Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck. He famously exclaimed, "Donatello among the wild beasts!" ("Donatello au milieu des fauves!"), referring to a sculpture in the midst of these vibrant paintings. This remark led to the art movement being known as Fauvism, and its practitioners as the Fauves, or "wild beasts". The Fauvist style is characterized by its aggressive application of pure, brilliant color straight from the paint tubes, creating a powerful, expressive effect on the canvas.123
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Georges BraqueCubism…“cubes” from the Paris critic Louis Vauxcelles that soon blossomed into a stylistic label.
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Cubism…were made by the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who derisively described Braque’s 1908 work Houses at L’Estaque as being composed of cubes. In Braque’s painting, the volumes of the houses, the cylindrical forms of the trees, and the tan-and-green color scheme are reminiscent of Paul Cézanne’s landscapes, which deeply inspired the…
Read More…were made by the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who derisively described Braque’s 1908 work Houses at L’Estaque as being composed of cubes. In Braque’s painting, the volumes of the houses, the cylindrical forms of the trees, and the tan-and-green color scheme are reminiscent of Paul Cézanne’s landscapes, which deeply inspired the…
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Fauvism…these visitors was the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who, because of the violence of their works, dubbed the painters fauves (“wild beasts”).
Read More…these visitors was the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who, because of the violence of their works, dubbed the painters fauves (“wild beasts”).
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…latter exhibition that the critic Louis Vauxcelles called these artists fauves (“wild beasts”); he considered their canvases of bold colour, applied in a spontaneous and impulsive manner, too unrefined. Vlaminck usually preferred a palette of primary colours, as seen in Tugboat on the Seine, Chatou (1906).
Read More…latter exhibition that the critic Louis Vauxcelles called these artists fauves (“wild beasts”); he considered their canvases of bold colour, applied in a spontaneous and impulsive manner, too unrefined. Vlaminck usually preferred a palette of primary colours, as seen in Tugboat on the Seine, Chatou (1906).
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