Cubism and Fauvism

Group 3:

Shashank Dixena 11675

Chirag Gagrani 11225

Pankaj Kanwariya 11484

Subhajit Mohanty 11731

Kushagra Singh 11383

Devendra Swami 11245

Rohan Bishnoi 11609

Aneek Biswas 11088

Fauvism

(1905-1908)

What is Fauvism?

An art movement known for it’s vivid, non-

naturalistic and exuberant paintings with

bold color and large brushstrokes

Overall goal was to express emotion

through the color of paint

Use of intense , bright, clashing colors,

distorted forms and perspective, vigorous

brushstrokes, flat linear pattern

Key features of Fauvism

Violent &

Emotional Imagery

Distorted Lines

Vibrant Colors

Enhanced Forms

Flattened

Perspectives

Expressive

Brushwork

When and Where?

“Explosion of color” lasting only 1905-08 in

France

First formally exhibited in Paris in 1905

Fauvist painters got there name from the

French word “les Fauves” meaning “The

Wild Beasts”

Henri Matisse is considered to be one of

the founders of Fauvism

Importance of Fauvism

The effect was considered to be a

liberation movement and the artists began

to experiment with radical new styles.

Fauvism was the first movement of this

modern period, in which color ruled

supreme.

Transitory movement between

Impressionism and Expressionism

It changed the way one can look at the

world, and look at art

Importance of Fauvism

Their style of painting, using non-

naturalistic colors, was one of the first

avant-garde developments in European art

Abandoned conventional artistic ideas and

sought for contemporary ones

Hence, Fauvism proved to be an important

precursor of Expressionism and an

inspiration for other modes of Abstraction

Henri Matisse 1869-1954

Leader of Fauvism Movement

The leader of the group was Henri Matisse, who had arrived at the Fauve style after careful, critical study of the masters of Post-impressionism Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat. Matisse's methodical studies led him to reject traditional renderings of three-dimensional space and to seek instead a new picture space defined by movement of color. In Matisse's Fauve style, his painting is ruled by his intuitive sense of formal order.

Henri Matisse Fauvism Paintings

Woman with a Hat Le bonheur de vivre Green Stripe

1905 1906 1905

In his green stripe portrait of his wife, he has

used color alone to describe the image. Her

oval face is bisected with a slash of green and

her coiffure, purpled and top-knotted, juts

against a frame of three jostling colors. Her

right side repeats the vividness of the intrusive

green; on her left, the mauve and orange echo

the colors of her dress. This is Matisse's

version of the dress, his creative essay in

harmony.

Other Major Artists

Henri Matisse

The Open

Window(1905)

Mlle Yvonne

Landsberg(1914)

Maurice de

Vlaminck

The Circus(1906) The River Seince at

Chatou(1906)

Downfall of Fauvism to Expressionism By 1908 the Fauves begin to drift apart and go their separate ways

Derain and Braque shifted towards Cubism

Matisse transitioned from a Fauvist focus on color to that of balance and

simplicity

Order and structure of nature led to reject the turbulent emotionalism of

Fauvism in favor of the logic of Expressionism

The very name

Cubism came from

this painting. When

the critic Vauxcelles

saw this painting he

said the houses "look

like a bunch of little

cubes." He meant the

comment to be

insulting but the name

Cubism stuck.

Houses Near l'Estaque George

Braque 1908

Cubism

(1907-1920s)

“Reality of an object or figure does

not stop at what we see of it at a

single glance. It also comprises of

those views and aspects which we

do not actually see at one glance

but which in our minds we know to

exist”

Violin and Pitcher, Braque, 1910

“Everything in nature is based on

sphere, cone and cylinder. One

must first learn to paint according

to these simple shapes.”

Cezanne

Why Cubism

© RKM

Analysis of form

Flat colour – no illusion of 3D by

using shading or tonal

modelling

Objects painted from different

angles

Complex interlocking shapes

create feelings of tension &

anxiety in viewer

Vertical or diagonal plane lines

disrupt the composition

Details are edited out, instead

simplify, select & modify from

nature

How did Cubism change the way we see the world?

Characteristics - Cubism

Cubism

Abstract

Broken Mirror effect

Rearranged

Geometric

Multiple views

Simplified Shapes

Self Portrait-Picasso Harlequin

Abstract : does not look like real life

Simplified Shapes

Broken

Mirror

Effect

Braque: Houses at La Estaque 1909 Ambroise Vollard by Braque

Rearranged

Acrobat Portrait of Marie-Thérèse

Geometric

Shapes

Jacqueline with Crossed Hands Girl with a boat

More than

one view

Marie-Therese Walter Nusch Éluard

Cezanne Cubism

• Reduction of natural forms to geometric shapes in landscapes

• Distortions for expressive purposes

• Representation of world in a less literal and more conceptual way

• Shifting and glittering ambiguous space

Analytical Cubism

• Analysis and reduction of forms into basic geometric forms

• Mostly landscapes, few figures (simple subjects)

• Noticeable lack of colors

• Earth tones

• Colors or tones with neutral associations

Girl with Mandolin 1910 Portrait of Ambrose Vollard 1910

Facet Cubism

• Explosive breakup of forms

• Painting becomes more complicated

• Divided into multiplicity of tiny planes and reassembled by means

of facets

• Use of straight lines than arcs and curves

Synthetic Cubism

• Vibrant colors

• Collage created – wallpapers, fake chair caning, newspapers,

playing cards, cigarette packs with or without patches of paint etc.

• Different materials than just canvas

• Referred to as blunt and straightforward

• Considered “easy to read”

Au bon marche 1913 Three Musicians 1921

Cubist Sculpture

• Mostly dark colours

• Not very abstracted

• Mostly contorted or misshapen human or animal body

The Baboon The Draped Woman Head of a Woman

Cubist Architechture

Le Corbusier, Assembly

building, Chandigarh, India Le Corbusier, Centre Le

Corbusier (Heidi Weber Museum)

in Zurich-Seefeld (Zürichhorn)