VLAMINCK Maurice de : Artist describing Fauvism in his art work.

Maurice de Vlaminck was born in Paris on April 4, 1876 to bohemian musician parents. Eventually, he joined the military. While on military leave, he met an aspiring artist, André Derain. He remained resolutely apart from all trends of contemporary art after his brief adventure into Cubism and found in his return to nature a realistic outlet for his early Fauve passion. Vlaminck had little art training, and only began to paint seriously after collaborating with André Derain. His artistic style was strongly influenced by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.

The artist remarkeable art of work in the fauvist art movement.

The artist, Henri Matisse, Derain, and Vlaminck created the Fauvist art movement, marked by bold, non-naturalistic colors and seemingly chaotic compositions. Vlaminck often used thick applications of paint squeezed directly from the tube onto the canvas, resulting in pure, intense colors. He exhibited with the Fauves art at the Salon d'Automne in 1905. The Fauve art movement was short-lived, and by 1908 Vlaminck's compositions were becoming more orderly, with more subdued colors.

Oil on Canvas
18.3 x 21.7 in (46.4 x 55.2 cm)