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fauvism

fau·vism [ fṓ vìzzəm ] or Fau·vism [ fṓ vìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
20C artistic movement: an early 20th-century movement in painting, begun in about 1905 by a group of French artists, including Matisse, and characterized by the use of simple forms and bright colors

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