1991 Royal Academy of Arts Poster, Andre Derain, "Boats in the Port of Collioure" 1905 Fauvism artist gallery exhibition, wall art decor

1991 Royal Academy of Arts Poster, Andre Derain, "Boats in the Port of Collioure" 1905 Fauvism artist gallery exhibition, wall art decor

This exhibition poster is from the Royal Academy of Arts for an exhibition in 1991 featuring "The Fauve Landscape". It features Andre Derain's colourful Fauvism work, "Boats in the Port of Collioure" from 1905.
Dimensions: 30.3 in x 20.1 in (77 cm x 51 cm)
Condition: Pinhole damage and rough edges, see photos

André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Derain and Matisse worked together through the summer of 1905 in the Mediterranean village of Collioure and later that year displayed their highly innovative paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The vivid, unnatural colors led the critic Louis Vauxcelles to derisively dub their works as les Fauves, or "the wild beasts", marking the start of the Fauvist movement.
In March 1906, the noted art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to produce a series of paintings with the city as subject. In 30 paintings (29 of which are still extant), Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet.

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