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fauvism

(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

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

Related Forms:

fauve noun, adjective or fauvist

See fauvism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and marked by the use of bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors.

Origin:

Origin: French fauvisme

Origin: , from fauve, wild animal

Origin: , from fauve, wild, reddish-yellow

Origin: , from Old French falve, reddish-yellow

Origin: , from Frankish *falw-; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

fauˈvist adjective

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