The Salon d’Automne in Paris may have been launched in 1903 as a liberal alternative to the staid Paris Salon, but even it was unprepared for what Henri Matisse unveiled in 1905. That year, the ...

Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), born in Paris, was one of the painters who exhibited at the 1905 Salon d’Automne, considered the beginning of the Fauvism art movement. The name “Fauvism” came from a ...

André Derain's 1906 painting La Femme en Chemise showcases Fauvism's bold colors and brushstrokes. National Gallery of Denmark / SMK Photo / Jakob Skou-Hansen In 1905, Henri Matisse and André Derain ...

You might not think so when you read headlines about a Van Gogh failing to sell at auction, but Impressionist and modern art are booming alongside contemporary art. So much so that good Impressionism ...

“Glancing at one or two of Braque’s paintings in a casual stroll through a museum cannot compare with experiencing, side by side and chronologically, many of the great paintings that established him ...

The leaders of a short-lived but consequential art movement that flourished early in the 20th century take center stage at the Met Museum. By Roberta Smith If you ever took an art history survey in ...

In 1905, painter Henri Matisse invited young Parisian artist André Derain to join him in the French fishing village of Collioure. Inspired by the exquisite light of the Mediterranean, the two men ...

It’s impossible for contemporary audiences to experience those startlingly original modernist works that altered the course of art history the way viewers did when they were first exhibited. We can’t ...

NOTE: Many people have commented about using AI for images and I agree with pretty much all of them. Here are my thoughts on the subject: Typing in prompts is not an act of creation. Same for CPT.

Albanian artist Adrian Cene works in the style of Fauvism, which was so much favored by Henry Matisse and his artistic circle. Their vividly colored canvases were described as being the “work of wild ...