Art Project - Fauvism.

... Introduction: Fauvism is one of the many art movements that took place in the 20th century. Fauvism was about in-between 1901 -1906. In this movement colour played a major part, as this was the first modern movement that let it take over. This art movement only lasted for about 5 years and mainly took place in France. It consists of bold arbitrary colours that clash to form the fauvist style of art. These arbitrary colours are ones that are unrelated to the forms in our natural world. It is famous for its harsh brush strokes and strange techniques. Although the movement has finished it has been one of the important movements, causing revolution in the movement of art. The French word "fauve" means wild beast as they fauvist movement was a great shock to the public (as new art movements normally are). The public thought that the artist was trying to release

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