Fauvism
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1905, a group of artists led by Henri Matisse and including André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Albert Marquet, Georges Rouault, and Kees van Dongen exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne. A critic quickly labeled them the "Fauves" (Wild Beasts). Their paintings were stylistically linked by the pure colors of the neo-impressionist movement as well as an agressive brushstroke and subjective, nonrealistic palette.
Abstract Expressionism
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although it is often considered the most prominent art movement to have emerged in postwar America, abstract expressionism remains resistant to sweeping definitions.