One leader of the fauvist movement was Henri Matisse who was a great fauvist as you can see by the quality in many of his art works during this art movement. He and two others Maurice de Vlaminck and Andre Derain formed the main core of the fauvists. Their ideas came from the post-impressionists such as, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Seurat. By studying the work of these postimpressionists they were able to form their ideas into works of art.
Influence of impressionism:
Impressionism was the art movement in which painters were able to go outside into the open and paint pictures of real objects. They were able to go outside due to the fact that now most equipment needed to paint had been made portable and so they didn’t have to carry large tins of paint but small tubes of it. Painters would go outside and paint a rough drawing of whatever interested them and then go to the studio to finish there drawings off.
The paintings of that time were bright and full of colour whereas the time before impressionism painters thought that there old masters painted in dark colours like browns and blacks. They didn’t want betray there masters so they continued to paint in dark colours as well. However when they got outside they realised that there were more colours than these dark browns and so the pictures became brighter. In the end it turned out that old masters paintings were actually bright colours but by sitting in dark rooms with only a fire to light it up the fire made the pictures much darker than they really were.
When the Japanese were selling their goods to France they would wrap them up in the pictures taken from a camera as they were so cheap and plentiful. When people discovered this art they were soon intrigued by it. They then unwrapped the art and sold it.
This influenced the impressionists a great deal and some started to paint in dots. The Fauves were very interested in the impressionists especially the complimentary colours they used.
The Influence of Van Gogh:
Fauvism is not the only art movement van Gogh has influenced. In most peoples minds he is one of the most influential artists ever. It seems that new artists love his work and seem to find their inspiration in his art works. His drawings have always been the most highly thought of and it seems they always will be.
Van Gogh was one of the most influential artists of all time. He played a major role in influencing the Fauves to become the artists they were. Van Gogh grew up in a world of art where all the painting were very dark which encouraged him to use lighter and brighter colours in his drawings which influenced the Fauves much like the complementary colours. Van Gogh used to experiment a lot with his colours and the Fauves picked up on this.
He showed in his work all that can be achieved by experimenting colours, which lead to the use of using opposite colours on the colour wheel in fauvism.
The Idea Behind the Use of Colour to Express Emotion:
By using colour to express emotion the painter can show how he is feeling at the time of painting his painting. He is able to convey if he feels anger of joy at the time by changing shades of colour or the colour completely. This emotion also shows itself in the face of the drawing of the object. If you were to draw an angry person or something evil darker colours would give a bit of extra emotion to the picture. On the other hand a happy occasion would be drawn with lighter colours to give the emotion of happiness.
The Idea Behind the Use of Complimentary Colours:
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