Meaning FAUVIST
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FAUVIST


movement in painting associated with Henri Matisse, 1915, from French fauve, "wild beast," a term applied in contempt to these painters by French art critic Louis Vauxcelles at Autumn Salon [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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FAUVIST


(n) a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism
Source: beedictionary.com

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FAUVIST


This term relates to a group of artists whose works were hung in one room of the Paris Salon in 1905. The works were, for that time, very loose, violently colored and full of exaggerated lines. These [..]
Source: macfineart.com

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FAUVIST


Of or pertaining to fauvism
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