Fauvism and German Expressionism

Fauvism was a grouping of early 20th century, it began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910. 1905–1907 were the most fruitful years of the style and in reality it is considered that the movement as such lasted only three years. There were a lot of artists belonging to the movement: Henri Matisse and André Derain – the leaders, Jean Puy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Henri Manguin, Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz, Georges Rouault, Albert Marquet, Charles Camoin, Louis Valtat, the Dutch painter Kees van Dongen, the Swiss painter Alice Bailly, and others.

Fauvism is regarded as a development of Van Gogh's Post-Impressionism. The style possesses the features of pointillism of Seurat, the works of Paul Cezanne and Paul Gauguin, Neo-Impressionists also influenced the artistic movement Fauvism. Fauvism and Expressionism have similar features as well, and Fauvism is also seen as a mode of Expressionism.

The first exhibition of «The Wild Beasts» - Les Fauves – took place at the 1905 Salon d'Automne and due to this event the movement gained it's name. "Donatello au milieu des fauves!" exclaimed critic Louis Vauxcelles and his comments were printed on 17 October 1905 in a daily newspaper Gil Blas. The paintings of Fauves were condemned, but some of the works gained favourable attention.

Influenced by Fauvism, German Expressionism used casual colors along with jarring compositions. Being opposed to French Impressionism, Expressionist artists tried to capture subjective emotions and interpretations. It is important for the Expressionists to depict vivid emotional reactions and moods and this goal is achieved by the use of powerful colors and dynamic compositions. The development of style result into formation of such style as abstraction.

The style of Expressionism went down in history as a significant artistic style that influenced various media. We can find different interpretations of the movement, including New York Figurative Expressionism, Lyrical Abstraction (Tachisme), Abstract Expressionism, new Expressionism. Modern art Expressionism develops the style of Expressionism, it is created under the influence of today's events. This style was adopted by the artists worldwide and we can enjoy the results of their work visiting their collections. Those who want to become an owner of one of new Expressionism works have such opportunity by visiting klinov.com website. This is a site of contemporary painter Valeriy Klinkov and everyone can obtain his painting directly from the artist.