This movement centered on a group of painters who had been students of Gustave Moreau.
This movement centered on a group of painters who had been students of Gustave Moreau. Though influenced by Impressionism, it rejected its focus on realistic representation, similar to contemporaneous German expressionism. With adherents including Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Rouault and Andre Derain, the movement stressed the use of bright colors and broad brush strokes. At the Salon d'Automne art show, many of its early paintings were displayed around a sculpture of Donatello, leading art critic Louis Vauxcelles to derogatively coin its name. For ten points, what is this French art movement led by Henri Matisse?
This movement centered on a group of painters who had been students of Gustave Moreau.
{Fauvism}