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Fauvism
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Posted 7 months ago Fauvism is a sort of exasperated form of Impressionism. - Guillaume Apollinaire Ink, Steel and PMS, that's what little girls are made of |
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| Posted 7 months ago What characterized Fauvism was that we rejected imitative colors and that with pure colors we obtained stronger reactions – more striking simultaneous reactions; and there was also the luminosity of our colors. - Matisse |
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| Posted 7 months ago brokencolor said: Oh yes, way stronger! Les Fauves (French for The Wild Beasts) |
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| Posted 4 months ago Maurice Denis, one of the first Nabis to take an interest in the Fauves, defined Fauvism in these terms: "It is painting divorced from contingencies, painting for its own sake, the pure act of painting. All qualities of description or personal reflection have been excluded from the work of art. These painters are searching for the absolute." |