Thursday, May 10, 2007

Fauvism and Henri Matisse.


The painting i have done reminds me of Fauvism, which was a french art movement in 1900s. It was led by Henri Matisse. It was abstract art that uses brilliant contrasting colour and simpilfied shapes. Fauvism did not last long and the word fauves means wild beasts in french so it was not very complimentary. I like some of the paintings done by this method such as this Lady In the Hat by Matisse.

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