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Definition of "fauvism" [fauvism]

  • An early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and marked by the use of bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fauvism" in a sentence
  • "The painting shocked the art world when it went on display that fall in Paris and launched a new movement called fauvism, from the French word for wild."
  • "The "fauvism" effect we chose had a funky-but-fun effect that used bold colors and lines."
  • "He was already anticipating the demise of cubism, futurism and fauvism though the latter in particular has a strong influence on his painting here."