Fauve
noun
( sometimes lowercase ) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
Origin:
1910–15; < French: wild beast, noun use of fauve wild, literally, tawny < Germanic; see fallow2
1910–15; < French: wild beast, noun use of fauve wild, literally, tawny < Germanic; see fallow2
Related forms
Fauv·ism, noun
Fauv·ist, noun
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Fauve (French fov) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | one of a group of French painters prominent from 1905, including Matisse, Vlaminck, and Derain, characterized by the use of bright colours and simplified forms |
| —adj | |
| 2. | (often not capital) of this group or its style |
| [C20: from French, literally: wild beast, alluding to the violence of colours, etc] | |
| 'Fauvism | |
| —n | |
| 'Fauvist | |
| —n, —adj | |
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