cubism and fauvism
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Cubism and Fauvism
Group 3:
Shashank Dixena 11675
Chirag Gagrani 11225
Pankaj Kanwariya 11484
Subhajit Mohanty 11731
Kushagra Singh 11383
Devendra Swami 11245
Rohan Bishnoi 11609
Aneek Biswas 11088
Fauvism
(1905-1908)
What is Fauvism?
An art movement known for it’s vivid, non-
naturalistic and exuberant paintings with
bold color and large brushstrokes
Overall goal was to express emotion
through the color of paint
Use of intense , bright, clashing colors,
distorted forms and perspective, vigorous
brushstrokes, flat linear pattern
Key features of Fauvism
Violent &
Emotional Imagery
Distorted Lines
Vibrant Colors
Enhanced Forms
Flattened
Perspectives
Expressive
Brushwork
When and Where?
“Explosion of color” lasting only 1905-08 in
France
First formally exhibited in Paris in 1905
Fauvist painters got there name from the
French word “les Fauves” meaning “The
Wild Beasts”
Henri Matisse is considered to be one of
the founders of Fauvism
Importance of Fauvism
The effect was considered to be a
liberation movement and the artists began
to experiment with radical new styles.
Fauvism was the first movement of this
modern period, in which color ruled
supreme.
Transitory movement between
Impressionism and Expressionism
It changed the way one can look at the
world, and look at art
Importance of Fauvism
Their style of painting, using non-
naturalistic colors, was one of the first
avant-garde developments in European art
Abandoned conventional artistic ideas and
sought for contemporary ones
Hence, Fauvism proved to be an important
precursor of Expressionism and an
inspiration for other modes of Abstraction
Henri Matisse 1869-1954
Leader of Fauvism Movement
The leader of the group was Henri Matisse, who had arrived at the Fauve style after careful, critical study of the masters of Post-impressionism Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat. Matisse's methodical studies led him to reject traditional renderings of three-dimensional space and to seek instead a new picture space defined by movement of color. In Matisse's Fauve style, his painting is ruled by his intuitive sense of formal order.
Henri Matisse Fauvism Paintings
Woman with a Hat Le bonheur de vivre Green Stripe
1905 1906 1905
In his green stripe portrait of his wife, he has
used color alone to describe the image. Her
oval face is bisected with a slash of green and
her coiffure, purpled and top-knotted, juts
against a frame of three jostling colors. Her
right side repeats the vividness of the intrusive
green; on her left, the mauve and orange echo
the colors of her dress. This is Matisse's
version of the dress, his creative essay in
harmony.
Other Major Artists
Henri Matisse
The Open
Window(1905)
Mlle Yvonne
Landsberg(1914)
Maurice de
Vlaminck
The Circus(1906) The River Seince at
Chatou(1906)
Downfall of Fauvism to Expressionism By 1908 the Fauves begin to drift apart and go their separate ways
Derain and Braque shifted towards Cubism
Matisse transitioned from a Fauvist focus on color to that of balance and
simplicity
Order and structure of nature led to reject the turbulent emotionalism of
Fauvism in favor of the logic of Expressionism
The very name
Cubism came from
this painting. When
the critic Vauxcelles
saw this painting he
said the houses "look
like a bunch of little
cubes." He meant the
comment to be
insulting but the name
Cubism stuck.
Houses Near l'Estaque George
Braque 1908
Cubism
(1907-1920s)
“Reality of an object or figure does
not stop at what we see of it at a
single glance. It also comprises of
those views and aspects which we
do not actually see at one glance
but which in our minds we know to
exist”
Violin and Pitcher, Braque, 1910
“Everything in nature is based on
sphere, cone and cylinder. One
must first learn to paint according
to these simple shapes.”
Cezanne
Why Cubism
© RKM
Analysis of form
Flat colour – no illusion of 3D by
using shading or tonal
modelling
Objects painted from different
angles
Complex interlocking shapes
create feelings of tension &
anxiety in viewer
Vertical or diagonal plane lines
disrupt the composition
Details are edited out, instead
simplify, select & modify from
nature
How did Cubism change the way we see the world?
Characteristics - Cubism
Cubism
Abstract
Broken Mirror effect
Rearranged
Geometric
Multiple views
Simplified Shapes
Self Portrait-Picasso Harlequin
Abstract : does not look like real life
Simplified Shapes
Broken
Mirror
Effect
Braque: Houses at La Estaque 1909 Ambroise Vollard by Braque
Rearranged
Acrobat Portrait of Marie-Thérèse
Geometric
Shapes
Jacqueline with Crossed Hands Girl with a boat
More than
one view
Marie-Therese Walter Nusch Éluard
Cezanne Cubism
• Reduction of natural forms to geometric shapes in landscapes
• Distortions for expressive purposes
• Representation of world in a less literal and more conceptual way
• Shifting and glittering ambiguous space
Analytical Cubism
• Analysis and reduction of forms into basic geometric forms
• Mostly landscapes, few figures (simple subjects)
• Noticeable lack of colors
• Earth tones
• Colors or tones with neutral associations
Girl with Mandolin 1910 Portrait of Ambrose Vollard 1910
Facet Cubism
• Explosive breakup of forms
• Painting becomes more complicated
• Divided into multiplicity of tiny planes and reassembled by means
of facets
• Use of straight lines than arcs and curves
Synthetic Cubism
• Vibrant colors
• Collage created – wallpapers, fake chair caning, newspapers,
playing cards, cigarette packs with or without patches of paint etc.
• Different materials than just canvas
• Referred to as blunt and straightforward
• Considered “easy to read”
Au bon marche 1913 Three Musicians 1921
Cubist Sculpture
• Mostly dark colours
• Not very abstracted
• Mostly contorted or misshapen human or animal body
The Baboon The Draped Woman Head of a Woman
Cubist Architechture
Le Corbusier, Assembly
building, Chandigarh, India Le Corbusier, Centre Le
Corbusier (Heidi Weber Museum)
in Zurich-Seefeld (Zürichhorn)
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