Fauvism and Expressionism

The term Fauvism refers to a which formed

around friendships between French artists around the turn of the century.

Famous above all for their bold use of color, the 'Fauves'

received their name at the 1905 Salon d'Automne exhibition in Paris, from an

influential French art critic who insultingly described their vividly colored

canvases as being the work of , and the name

stuck.

Dance by Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse is generally considered the principal

His observation of Pointillism led him to develop "color structure," or large, flat

areas of color that established a deliberate, decorative effect and sense of

mood.

The Expressionist movement started in Germany. The

artists wanted to . It could be anger, anxiety, fear, or

peacefulness. This wasn't a completely new idea in art. Other artists like Vincent

van Gogh had been doing the same thing. However, this was the

.

Expressionist art tried to convey emotion and meaning rather than reality. Each

artist had their own unique way of "expressing" their emotions in their art. In

order to express emotion, the subjects are often distorted or exaggerated. At

the same time colors are often vivid and shocking.

The Scream by Edvard

Munch

In Franz Marc uses color and movement to EXPRESS

THE ENERGY AND POWER OF NATURE. Marc often used colors to

represent certain emotions; blue meant spirituality, yellow femininity, and red

power and violence.

Cubism

Cubism was an . In

Cubism, artists began to look at subjects in new ways in an

EFFORT TO DEPICT THREE-DIMENSIONS ON A FLAT CANVAS

They would break up the subject into many different shapes and then repaint it

from different angles. Cubism paved the way for many different modern

movements of art in the 20th century. POPULAR SUBJECTS FOR CUBISM

INCLUDED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PEOPLE, BOTTLES, GLASSES, AND

PLAYING CARDS. There were very few Cubist landscapes, but it was used to

paint portraits. Picasso and Braque did not think Cubism should be abstract,

but other artists, such as Robert Delaunay, created more abstract work. In this

way .

Portrait of Picasso by Juan Gris

In the painting

by George

Braque you can see the

broken up pieces of the violin

and the candlestick.

MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES

AND BLOCKS OF THE OBJECTS

ARE PRESENTED TO THE

VIEWER.

Braque said that this style

allowed the viewer to

In the painting

by Pablo

Picasso it is difficult to tell

where one musician ends

and the next begins. This

could represent the

harmony of the music as

the musicians play

together.

PICASSO ALSO WORKED

ON CUBIST SCULPTURE

INCLUDING HIS

SCULPTURE HEAD OF A

WOMAN.