Fauvist
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a word derived from
Fauve.
Fauvenounany of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
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A glance at the colors in the reconstructed work, and you might mistake Klimt for his Fauvist contemporaries or think he was hanging around with the painter Marc Chagall.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2021
Some remind me of the Fauvist paintings, while others feel cubist and still others are straight-up dada.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2020
His collection of Fauvist works, estimated to sell for at least $92 million, will kick off Sotheby’s impressionist and modern-art sales on Monday and Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2018
Sometimes, it’s as if Lynda Barry were a cutout-mad Fauvist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2017
Neither Cubist nor Fauvist, his paintings exist on a continuum between Puvis de Chavannes and Balthus, who surely must have been influenced by them.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2010