Louis Vauxcelles
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Louis Vauxcelles was a French art critic. He is credited with coining the terms Fauvism and Cubism. He used several pseudonyms in various publications: Pinturrichio, Vasari, Coriolès, and Critias.
Louis Vauxcelles, 1909 (Jules Chéret)
Matisse Woman with a Hat
Henri Le Fauconnier
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Henri Victor Gabriel Le Fauconnier was a French Cubist painter born in Hesdin. Le Fauconnier was seen as one of the leading figures among the Montparnasse Cubists. At the 1911 Salon des Indépendants L
Les Montagnards attaqués par des ours (Mountaineers Attacked by Bears) 1912, oil on canvas, 241 x 307 cm, Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne
Ploumanac’h, 1908, Bergen, Museum Kranenburgh
L'Abondance (Abundance), 1910–11, oil on canvas, 191 x 123 cm (75.25 x 48.5 in.), Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Salon d'Automne of 1912, held in Paris at the Grand Palais from 1 October to 8 November. Le Fauconnier's monumental Mountaineers Attacked by Bears is exhibited on the right. Other works are shown by Jean Metzinger, Joseph Csaky, František Kupka, Francis Picabia, and Amedeo Modigliani