{"product_id":"2026200010373-secondhand-fauvism","title":"Fauvism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the twentieth century, a group of radical French painters detonated a revolution in colour that would forever alter the course of modern art — Fauvism is the authoritative chronicle of that seismic moment. Joseph-Emile Muller presents a rigorous and illuminating account of the Fauvist movement, tracing its origins through the bold, untamed brushwork of Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, and their contemporaries, whose shared rejection of Impressionist naturalism gave birth to one of the most viscerally expressive movements in Western art history. Muller details the intellectual and aesthetic currents that converged in Paris between 1905 and 1908, situating Fauvism within the broader arc of avant-garde upheaval that would soon give rise to Cubism and Expressionism.\n\nMuller's prose is precise yet deeply attuned to the emotional force of his subject, balancing formal art-historical analysis with a genuine sensitivity to the painters' individual voices and inner compulsions. The work argues convincingly that Fauvism was not merely a stylistic episode but a fundamental reassertion of colour as an autonomous, expressive language — a claim that resonates as powerfully today as it did when the Fauves first scandalised the Parisian Salon d'Automne. For anyone seeking to understand how modern art found its voice, this remains an indispensable point of departure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130688938203,"sku":"2026200010373-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c5da2e47-e8cb-432c-b092-4540762d35cc.png?v=1786588480","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010373-secondhand-fauvism","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}