- a word derived from Fauve.
Example Sentences
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My first contact with her was after I’d done a show of fauvism at MoMA.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2016
Drawn to Paris, both conceptually and residentially, the group then discarded fauvism for cubism, the disintegrated facets of figuration offering a bolder escape from surface form towards inner structure.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2010
While fauvism, cubism, even dadaism and surrealism bypassed Bonnard, he kept his eye on nature and his wife's place in it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The rapid change of styles in Paris -- fauvism, cubism, expressionism, surrealism -- was bewildering.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He tinkered with impressionism, dabbled in pointillism, and became the leading colorist of fauvism.
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