Discover the path of Fauvism and relive the summer of 1905 when Matisse and Derain painted the majority of their canvases.
In less than three months, Henri Matisse painted more than 15 canvases, 40 watercolors and a hundred drawings. André Derain produced 30 canvases, 20 drawings and around fifty sketches. The two artists will have found in Collioure the inspiration necessary for the creation of this innovative pictorial movement.
It is for this reason that the path of Fauvism was created in Collioure in order to make as many people as possible discover what these painters experienced during this summer and why Collioure was a rather exceptional artistic trigger for these painters giving birth to the Fauvism movement.
The path of fauvism brings together a set of reproductions of these 2 painters spread throughout the city (there are 10 in total).
- Works in the Tour d'Avall:"The Open Window" Henri Matisse; "Boats in Collioure" André Derain.
- Works behind the Bell Tower: "La plage rouge" Henri Matisse; "The drying of the sails" André Derain.
- Works on Boulevard du Boramar: "Collioure, 1905" Henri Matisse; "The Faubourg de Collioure" André Derain; "Boats at Collioure" Henri Matisse; "The Siesta" Henri Matisse; "The Collioure Lighthouse" André Derain; "Collioure, 1905" Henri Matisse; 'La Moulade' Henri Matisse; 'The Japanese Woman at the Water's Edge' Henri Matisse.
- Work which is located Place de l'Eglise: "Collioure fishing boat" André Derain.
- Works on Rue du Mirador: "Les Toits de Collioure" Henri Matisse; "Collioure, the village and the sea" André Derain.
If you want to walk along the path of Fauvism, we recommend that you bring the explanatory booklet "Le Fauvism, color as absolute" sold at the Maison du Fauvism and at the Tourist Office.
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