Fauvism

(1905-1910)

a joyful style of painting that delighted in using outrageously bold colors.
Main characteristics: extremely simplified drawing and intensely exaggerated color.
developed in France in early 20th century by Henri Matisse and André Derain.
Fauvist artists were known as 'Les Fauves' (the wild beasts).
Fauvists believed that color should be used at its highest pitch to express the artist's feelings about a subject, rather than simply to describe what it looks like.
a major influence on German Expressionism.