Meanings
- uncountableAn artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors.First known use 1905
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Paris had been the birthplace of the Modernist sensibility during the latter half of the previous century, when its cafés, studios and tolerant atmosphere helped nurture the symbolist school in poetry and impressionism in painting. By the start of the First World War, it had sheltered fauvism, cubism, expressionism, vorticism, and a host of other splinter movements through which the emerging culture gradually took shape.
1999, Daniel J. Singal, William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 71
Origin
- Frenchfauvisme
- Englishfauvism
From French fauvisme, attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles.
More words from French
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Afrikaans fauvisme
- fauvismeartistic movement
Catalan fauvisme
- fauvismeartistic movement
Chinese Mandarin 野獸派 /野兽派
- 野獸派 /野兽派 (yěshòupài)artistic movement
Czech fauvismus
- fauvismusartistic movement
Finnish fauvismi
- fauvismiartistic movement
French fauvisme
- fauvismeartistic movement
German Fauvismus
- Fauvismusartistic movement
Italian fauvismo
- fauvismoartistic movement
Japanese フォーヴィスム, フォービズム
- フォーヴィスム (fōvisumu)artistic movement
- フォービズム (fōbizumu)artistic movement
- 野獣派 (yajūha)artistic movement
Korean 야수파, 포비즘
- 야수파 (yasupa)artistic movement
- 포비즘 (pobijeum)artistic movement
Māori peita pāwhara
- peita pāwharaartistic movement
Polish fowizm
- fowizmartistic movement
Portuguese fauvismo
- fauvismoartistic movement
Romanian fauvism
- fauvismartistic movement
Russian фови́зм
- фови́зм (fovízm)artistic movement
Spanish fovismo
- fovismoartistic movement
Tamil போவியம்
- போவியம் (pōviyam)artistic movement
Thai คติโฟวิสต์
- คติโฟวิสต์artistic movement
Vietnamese trường phái dã thú
- trường phái dã thúartistic movement
Cite this entry
fauvism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fauvism
“fauvism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fauvism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fauvism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fauvism.
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