The Major Players in the Movement

Three main groups, each with a different background, contributed to the rise of Fauvism:

• The ex-students of Gustave Moreau and the Academie Carriere. These early practitioners included Henri Matisse and Albert Marquet

• The wildest of the wild beasts, Andre Derain and Maurice Vlaminck

• The late-comers with impressionist backgrounds, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, and Othon Friesz

• In addition there were several other important painters influenced by fauvism: Henri Manguin, Kees Van Dongen and Charles Camoin.