Fauvism and the American Color Field Painters
Fauvism was a short-lived approach to painting focused in France between 1905 and 1907. Fauvism was characterized by inventive shapes and lines, a pictorial logic based on internal relationships rather than naturalism, and the use of bright, sensationalistic color. The most prominent members of the Fauvist movement were Henri Matisse and Andre Derain. The paintings…