Rik Wouters
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Hendrik Emil Wouters was a Belgian painter, sculptor and draughtsman. Wouters produced 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures in his 34 years before his illness-caused death. He died partway through t
Self-Portrait with Cigar (1914)
Sculpture "Huiselijke zorgen" at Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum, Antwerp
Sculpture "Het zotte geweld" at Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum, Antwerp
Dining Table (1908)
Fauvism
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Fauvism is a style of painting and an art movement that emerged in France at the beginning of the 20th century. It was the style of les Fauves, a group of modern artists whose works emphasized painter
Rik Wouters
…illness-caused death. He died partway through the First World War on 11 July 1916 in Amsterdam. A sculptor, painter, draughtsman and etcher of typically fauvist style, Wouters' art resembled the works of artists including Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and André Derain – the "forefathers" of Fauvism. Rik Wouters…
Henri Matisse. Woman with a Hat, 1905. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Henri Matisse, Luxe, Calme et Volupté, 1904, oil on canvas, 98 × 118.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Henri Rousseau, The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope, 1905, oil on canvas, 200 cm × 301 cm, Beyeler Foundation, Basel
Henri Matisse, Le bonheur de vivre, 1905–06, oil on canvas, 176.5 cm × 240.7 cm, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania