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Fauvism soon faded, but color—bold, brilliant hues—remained among his hallmarks as he grew to become one of the 20th century’s greatest artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Fauvism would become the first major avant-garde movement of the 20th century.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2021
An air of catch-up marks his derivations, from such styles as Henri Matisse’s Fauvism and Kandinsky’s proto-abstraction.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 19, 2017
Fauvism was characterized by its use of saturated colors and simplified forms as a way to express the artist’s emotions.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2016
And yet the ballet was intensely modern; always you were aware that Derain had been right through the movement—through Fauvism, Negroism, Cubism.
From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell
