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fauvism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: artistic movement, art movement

History

Etymology

From French fauvisme, attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: fauvisme — artistic movement
  • Bashkir: фовизм (fovizm) — artistic movement
  • Catalan: fauvisme — artistic movement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野獸派 /野兽派 (yěshòupài) — artistic movement
  • Czech: fauvismus — artistic movement
  • Finnish: fauvismi — artistic movement
  • French: fauvisme — artistic movement
  • Georgian: ფოვიზმი (povizmi) — artistic movement
  • German: Fauvismus — artistic movement
  • Italian: fauvismo — artistic movement
  • Japanese: フォーヴィスム (fōvisumu) — artistic movement
  • Japanese: フォービズム (fōbizumu) — artistic movement
  • Japanese: 野獣派 (yajūha) — artistic movement
  • Kazakh: фовизм (fovizm) — artistic movement
  • Korean: 야수파 (yasupa) — artistic movement
  • Korean: 포비즘 (pobijeum) — artistic movement
  • Kyrgyz: фовизм (fovizm) — artistic movement
  • Macedonian: фови́зам (fovízam) — artistic movement
  • Māori: peita pāwhara — artistic movement
  • Portuguese: fauvismo — artistic movement
  • Romanian: fauvism — artistic movement
  • Russian: фови́зм (fovízm) — artistic movement
  • Spanish: fovismo — artistic movement
  • Tamil: போவியம் (pōviyam) — artistic movement
  • Thai: คติโฟวิสต์ — artistic movement
  • Vietnamese: trường phái dã thú — artistic movement