one of a group of French painters prominent from 1905, including Matisse, Vlaminck, and Derain, characterized by the use of bright colours and simplified forms
adjective
2. (often not capital)
of this group or its style
Derived forms
Fauvism (ˈFauvism)
noun
Fauvist (ˈFauvist)
noun, adjective
Word origin
C20: from French, literally: wild beast, alluding to the violence of colours, etc