fauve

Variant of fauvism

fauvism definition

fau·vism (fō′viz′əm)

noun

a French expressionist movement in painting at the beginning of the 20th cent., involving Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, etc.: it was characterized by bold distortion of form and the use of strong, pure color

Etymology: Fr fauvisme < fauve, wild beast, orig. adj., fawn-colored, dun < OFr < Frank *falw < Gmc *falwa, fallow

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