Louis Vauxcelles
Videos
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
Blue Nude, an early 1907 oil painting on canvas by Henri Matisse, is located at the Baltimore Museum of Art as part of the Cone Collection.
Louis Vauxcelles
…approved, he stated his criticism and disapproval of their works by describing the sculpture as "a Donatello amongst the wild beasts." Henri Matisse's Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) appeared at the 1907 Indépendants, entitled Tableau no. III. Vauxcelles writes on the topic of Nu bleu: I admit to not understanding. An ugly nude woman…
Matisse Souvenir de Biskra
Henri Matisse, 1906–07, Nu couché, I, Aurore (Reclining Nude, I), exhibited at Montross Gallery, New York, 1915