How Did Fauvism Get Its Name?
How Did Fauvism Get Its Name? The name les fauves (‘the wild beasts’) was coined by the critic Louis Vauxcelles when he saw the work of Henri Matisse and André Derain in an exhibition, the salon d’automne in Paris, in 1905. Why is it called Fauvism? After viewing the boldly colored canvases of Henri Matisse,