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By Henri Matisse
Exhibited at the 1905 Salon d’Automne, this portrait of Matisse’s wife Amélie shocked critics, who labeled the artists fauves, meaning “wild beasts,” for their bold and non-naturalistic use of color. The face is rendered in greens and reds unrelated to natural skin tones. The painting is widely regarded as a key moment in the break from realism and the emergence of modern art.
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“Donatello parmi les fauves' (‘Donatello among the wild beasts’).”
“My paintings consist of four or five colors which clash with one another expressively. When I apply green, that does not mean grass. When I apply blue, that does not mean sky.”
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