fauviast

movement in painting associated with Henri Matisse, 1915, from Fr. fauve, lit. "wild beast" (in O.Fr. "dark-colored thing, dull," from Frank. *falw-, from Gmc. root of fallow (adj.)), coined by Fr. art critic Louis Vauxcelles at Autumn Salon of 1905. It was a reaction against impressionism, featuring vivid use of colors.