See above link for more information on the Fauves
"If the trees look yellow to the artist, then painted a bright yellow they must be."
Synopsis
Fauvism, the first twentieth-century movement in modern art, was initially inspired by the examples of Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Paul Cézanne. The Fauves ("wild beasts") were a loosely allied group of French painters with shared interests. Several of them, including Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet, and Georges Rouault, had been pupils of the Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau
and admired the older artist's emphasis on personal expression. Matisse
emerged as the leader of the group, whose members shared the use of
intense color as a vehicle for describing light and space, and who
redefined pure color and form as means of communicating the artist's
emotional state. In these regards, Fauvism proved to be an important
precursor to Cubism and Expressionism as well as a touchstone for future modes of abstraction.
Key Ideas
One
of Fauvism's major contributions to modern art was its radical goal of
separating color from its descriptive, representational purpose and
allowing it to exist on the canvas as an independent element. Color
could project a mood and establish a structure within the work of art
without having to be true to the natural world.
Another
of Fauvism's central artistic concerns was the overall balance of the
composition. The Fauves' simplified forms and saturated colors drew
attention to the inherent flatness of the canvas or paper; within that
pictorial space, each element played a specific role. The immediate
visual impression of the work is to be strong and unified.
Above
all, Fauvism valued individual expression. The artist's direct
experience of his subjects, his emotional response to nature, and his
intuition were all more important than academic theory or elevated
subject matter. All elements of painting were employed in service of
this goal.
Create a tempera painting using expressive colors in the Fauvism style. Theme: Kids chose the animal they wanted to paint.
- Draw subject matter in pencil then outline in sharpie.
- Using BRIGHT colors, paint the subject matter-switch colors often, use complementary colors next to each other (creates excitement). I didn't want just a brown bear, so we had to get a plan.
- Used 12x18 white paper
- Tempera paint
- Name on back and class code
"If the trees look yellow to the artist, then painted a bright yellow they must be."
Synopsis
Fauvism, the first twentieth-century movement in modern art, was initially inspired by the examples of Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Paul Cézanne. The Fauves ("wild beasts") were a loosely allied group of French painters with shared interests. Several of them, including Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet, and Georges Rouault, had been pupils of the Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau
and admired the older artist's emphasis on personal expression. Matisse
emerged as the leader of the group, whose members shared the use of
intense color as a vehicle for describing light and space, and who
redefined pure color and form as means of communicating the artist's
emotional state. In these regards, Fauvism proved to be an important
precursor to Cubism and Expressionism as well as a touchstone for future modes of abstraction.
Key Ideas
One
of Fauvism's major contributions to modern art was its radical goal of
separating color from its descriptive, representational purpose and
allowing it to exist on the canvas as an independent element. Color
could project a mood and establish a structure within the work of art
without having to be true to the natural world.
Another
of Fauvism's central artistic concerns was the overall balance of the
composition. The Fauves' simplified forms and saturated colors drew
attention to the inherent flatness of the canvas or paper; within that
pictorial space, each element played a specific role. The immediate
visual impression of the work is to be strong and unified.
Above
all, Fauvism valued individual expression. The artist's direct
experience of his subjects, his emotional response to nature, and his
intuition were all more important than academic theory or elevated
subject matter. All elements of painting were employed in service of
this goal.
Aftermath
Ultimately,
the Fauves joined together for a short but highly consequential
episode, rather than a fully defined school. Although they never
produced a group manifesto outlining their artistic aims, Matisse's
"Notes of a Painter," written in 1908, formalized many of their shared
concerns and goals, including their commitment to personal expression
and individual instinct, their use of color as an independent visual
element with an emotional effect, and their rethinking of composition as
pictorial surface. Even after the dissolution of the group, nearly as
soon as it gained its infamous nickname, Fauvism's ideas and landmark
works would continue to influence art for decades to come.
I love teaching art history this way. 1969
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