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Fauve (French) [fov] n (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) one of a group of French painters prominent from 1905, including Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), and André Derain (1880-1954), characterized by the use of bright colours and simplified forms adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) (often not capital) of this group or its style [from French, literally: wild beast, alluding to the violence of colours, etc.] Fauvism n Fauvist n & adj How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After the sun had plunged below the horizon, remarkably speedily the way it does in the tropics, we turned the lights on, and the various chameleons and cockroaches watched us as we painted late into the night, painting the scenes we had observed in the afternoon--painting not, however, in the colors of the Caribbean, but in emulation of their glory, we used the purples and oranges and greens of the fauves we loved so much and for a time produced paintings remarkably alike. Treve Treve de blues de martelements de piano de trompette bouchee de folie claquant des pieds la satisfaction de rythme Treve de seances a tant le swing autour de rings qu'enervent des cris de fauves Treve de lachage de lechage de leche et d'une attitude d'hyperassimiles Treve un insant d'une vie de bon enfant et de desirs et de besoins et d'ego'ismes particuliers. I suppose Schutz is owed a certain chilly respect: At least she engaged Ensor and in passages effectively conjured the specters of the Nabis, Bonnard, the Fauves, and Guston. |
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