Download or read book Fauves and Fauvism written by Jean Leymarie and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Excited handling of pure colors and drastic simplification of line: such was Fauvism, the first art revolution of the twentieth century ... This comprehensive study illustrates the work of some twenty artists, French, German, Dutch and Russian, and fills in the essential background of pre-Fauvism going back to Monet, Gaugain and Van Gogh."--Back cover.