André Derain, “Environs of Collioure” (“Environs de Collioure”), 1905… Credit… Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; via Galerie Philippe David, Zurich. [New York Times illustration]
“Fauve painting is not everything,… but it is the foundation of everything.”
(Matisse)
I have an affinity for the stripe of painting perpetrated by the Fauves.
André Derain’s “Fishing Boats, Collioure” (“Bateaux, Pêcheurs, Collioure),” 1905. Credit… Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris; via The Museum of Modern Art. [New York Times illustration]
Their manic attack with brush and pigment gestures offhandedly toward trees, water and sky.
Henri Matisse, “Study for ‘The Joy of Life’” (“Etude Pour ‘Le Bonheur de Vivre’”), 1905. Credit… Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; via Forma, Paris. [New York Times illustration]
The performative nonchalance makes pure abstraction look cautious.
Henri Matisse, “View of Collioure,” 1907. Credit… Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; via The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [New York Times illustration]
When Matisse and Derain cut loose it was like nobody’s business for the blink of an eye (1904-08). Over a century later their effusions still are fresh, outrageous, and goading.
(Roberta Smith, “Matisse and Derain: The Audacious ‘Wild Beasts’ of Fauvism in a Radiant Show,” New York Times, 11-9-23)
I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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Don’t it make you wanna pick up some orange paint
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And green, and blue, and…
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Beautiful paintings! 👌
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I’m glad you share my taste for the Fauves. Thanks for your comment.
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