The fauve landscape
By: Judi Freeman ; with contributions by Roger Benjamin ... [et al.].
Contributors: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Abbeville Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Fauvism -- France -- Exhibitions; Landscape painting, French -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: This text is devoted to the colourful landscapes produced during the Fauvist period of 1904-1908. An essay on the emergence of the Fauve landscape is followed by four essays devoted to individual sites and such topics as Fauvism's impact on tourism and politics. Another essay concentrates on the critical landscape, in essence the critics' reception of these paintings. Matisse, Braque, Derain, Vlaminck, Dufy, Marquet, Manguin and Friesz are represented with examples of their works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-330) and index.
Published in conjunction with a travelling exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 4-Dec. 30, 1990, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb. 19-May 5, 1991, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 10-Sept. 1, 1991.