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The Fauves (Art of Century Collection)
By Nathalia Brodskaia
Parkstone Press | December 2011 | ISBN-10: 1844848477 | PDF | 200 pages | 72.5 mb
http://www.amazon.com/The-Fauves-Art-Century-Collection/dp/1844848477

Decade follows decade in art, like waves breaking on a beach, each bringing its own “deposits” which, in turn, cover those that came before, dimming what had once seemed strikingly brilliant. But time does not work on everything with equal force. The art of the Fauves has not faded. Born within French painting at the turn of the century, Fauvism immediately demanded attention.
The stormy reaction it provoked on its emergence in Paris in 1905 was, in itself, an acknowledgement of the strength of this new phenomenon in the fine arts. Fauvism was a real danger to academically congealed art calculated to appeal to the narrow-minded customer, to all painting which sought after prosperity by carefully absorbing innovation,
turning it into the fashionable that would shock no-one through unwarranted boldness.
Two or three years proved sufficient for the Fauvist painters to acquire — if not a permanent public, then at least their own dealers and admirers. The hostile voices which continued to make themselves heard were not enough to hinder the Fauves from competing freely with other trends.

About the Author
Since 1961, Nathalia Brodskaïa is curator of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The author has published monographs on Rousseau, Renoir, Derain, Vlaminck and Van Dongen. She has also written other titles on the Fauves. She currently devotes her time to researching the French painters of the beginning of the 20th century.

CONTENTS
A History of Fauvism 7
Henri Matisse 67
Maurice de Vlaminck 85
André Derain 95
Albert Marquet 105
Raoul Dufy 117
Othon Friesz 125
Henri Manguin 137
Kees Van Dongen 145
Georges Rouault 153
Jean Puy 159
Louis Valtat 167
Henri Le Fauconnier 175
René Seyssaud 181
Auguste Chabaud
Georges Dupuis
Henri Lebasque
Pierre Girieud 185
Notes 192
Index 196