Fauvism

mirrored that in the curves of the bodies. This made that painting seem more sensual than Cezanne's (Fauvism-Matisse. n.d.). He also used such bright and vibrant colors like oranges and reds and purples. He coupled the figures up and made it feel joyful rather than serene or calm. Matisse is drawing from his imagination and his idea of joy similar to Cezanne but his joy seem more playful (Fauvism-Matisse.…

In this essay I will discuss the ways that Vincent Van Gogh’s, The Night Cafe, 1888 was used as influence for Ernest Ludwig Kirchner’s, Street, Dresden, 1908. To prove my point I will provide visual analyzations of the pieces, some background to the artists and the art movements they were associated with, and events that happened around the time the paintings were created that affected many artists and the work they created. Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Night Cafe, depicts a scene a cafe with…

Introduction A little boy was raised in Bohain-en-Vermandois, France but moved to Pairs to study law. In 1989, he went back to Saint-Quentin to work as a law clerk. Henri Matisse came down with appendicitis and was bed-ridden for a couple months. To keep Henri busy his mom bought him a box of art supplies to keep him entertained while he was bed-ridden. Henri took off with it he decided right then and there what he wanted to do when he saw all those pretty colors. His mother was the first person…

Standing Female Nude poem actually derives from George Braque’s La Grande Nude portrait which belongs to the Cubist art movement which began in Paris around 1907. The Cubists used analytic system which requires to redefine the three parts of the portrait from several points of view, instead of using the single point of view. The moment is mentioned as ‘a new way of representing the world’ and divided into two phases as Synthetic(1913-20’s) and Analytic(1907-12) phase which is implied and mocked…

Art throughout the world reflects new ideas of the time and preserves the past historically marking each new era. A shift in the way the world is organized is almost always immediately followed by a new perspective that changes the way people create and receive art. Art has endless capability to be felt, observed, and examined in new ways that reveal a story behind each piece that weaves another picture of life during that century. Exploring art movements not only reveals the history of the time…

spent his formative years in a small Hassidic community where he was directly inspired by the rural scenes so essential to his artistic identity. Chagall is hard to categorize into one style or movement, he borrows many visual elements of Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Surrealism. He has his own personal, dreamlike vision of reality and used his personal experiences in Belarus, Russia, and France to make sense of his Jewish identity and what that meant as an artist in the modern era. Coming…

The Fauve, MoMA, 2017 The artwork shown, uses a bold color palette, which is known for being Fauvism. During 1905, artists such as Henri Matisse, André Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck created Fauvist work. The word Fauve, “made particular reference to these artists’ brilliant, arbitrary color, more intense than the “scientific” color of the Neo-Impressionists and the non-descriptive color of Gauguin and Van Gogh” (92). The exhibition would bring out the paintings because of the use of such a…

at the age of 30. Kandinsky’s enthusiasm in colour and symbols led to his interest in psychology. At this point, his piece mostly reflected the region’s folk art. Soon, his love for music was seen. He was exposed to skills such as pointillism and fauvism. The most important piece was the blue rider,…

This investigation will explore the cultural backgrounds and forms utilized by artists, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Joan Miro. A close inspection of the artist’s use of color, line, shape, mass and space. To analyze the three artworks, I will use the Feldman method of analysis. Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter known for his decorative style and exceeding love for his country and women, marked by a frank sense of eroticism. The starkness of a line is essential to Klimt’s art.…

(July 7th, 1887 – March 28th, 1985), a name he did not use until 1910 (arrival in Paris), was a Russian-born French Artist, holding the title of one of the premiere Jewish Artists of the 20th century. His paintings are largely associated with Cubism, Fauvism and Symbolism, producing artwork using many types of media including paint, stained glass, tapestries and many others. Chagall painted in a style all of his own, basing his works upon emotional association rather than traditional pictorial…