F I N E A R T S What is Fauvism? Fauvism was an art style that lasted only four years, beginning in 1905. Fauvism was a movement in French painting that revolutionized the concept of color in modern art. The word Fauvism is french for "wild beasts". It got this name because the paintings had bright and unusual colors. The subjects in the paintings were shown in a simple way, and the colors and patterns were bright and wild. The leader of this movement was Henri Matisse. At the end of the nineteenth century, Neo Impressionist painters were already using pure colors, but they applied those colors to their canvases in small strokes. The fauves rejected the impressionist palette of soft, shimmering tones in favor of radical new style, full of violent color and bold distortions. These painters never formed a movement in the strict sense of the word, but for years they would nurse a shared ambition, before each went his separate and more personal way.

Main Representatives • Henri Matisse • Paul Gauguin • Andre Derain • Raoul Dufy • Maurice de Vlaminck • Kees van Dongen • Albert Marquet • Charles Camoin • Georges Braque • Othon Friesz • Henry-Charles Manguin • Jean Puy

Objectives: Students will be able to: Painting: Guided Practice: Have class critique. Compare and contrast finished work to that of the • Identify and describe the painting The Fauve landscape painting is our first Fauves. style of the Fauve artists. painting experience of the year. Spending time to explore color mixing is important • Understand why the works of Art Assessment: Matisse and Derain outraged critics to painting success. We will start out by and labeled them as exploring several painting techniques. “wild beasts”. • Discuss the non-traditional use of After a short introduction, we are ready color in Fauve paintings. to continue on your own. But remember I • Explore color mixing, and identify am here to help, so let me know and then emotion expressed through color. I can guide you, one on one. • Create a spontaneous landscape painting representing an explosion Materials: Acrylic Paint (or Tempera), of color. Palettes, Brushes, Water containers, • Paint like the Fauves! Landscapes sketches, & mat board.

“You are going to paint like the Fauves. Sketching The Composition: Have fun with color. Painting the green Gather ideas for a landscape painting. grass and the sky blue would be too Make thumbnail sketches and choose ordinary. Be original in your color choice! your favorite composition. A simple Be as wild as the “Wild Beasts”. Today is outline sketch the of painting plan will be your day to have fun and be free with drawn with a paint brush on mat board. your choice of colors! EXPLORE!”