Louis Vauxcelles (born Louis Meyer; 1 January 1870 – 21 July 1943[1]) was a French art critic.[2] He is credited with coining the terms Fauvism (1905) and Cubism (1908). He used several pseudonyms in various publications: Pinturrichio, Vasari, Coriolès, and Critias.[3]
^Vauxcelles, Louis (1870–1943). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^Stanley Meisler, Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse, p. 54
^Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Mathilde Arnoux, Friederike Kitschen, Perspectives croisées: la critique d'art franco-allemande 1870–1945, Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 2009, p. 578
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which historically marks the birth of the term Fauvism, after critic LouisVauxcelles described their show of work with the phrase "Donatello chez les fauves"...
Picasso. In 1907 Metzinger and Delaunay were singled out by the critic LouisVauxcelles as Divisionists who used large, mosaic-like 'cubes' to construct small...
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as "la Joconde à la cuiller" (Mona Lisa with a spoon) by art critic LouisVauxcelles on the front page of Gil Blas. André Salmon subsequently described...
Weill early in 1907. The two of them were singled out by one critic (LouisVauxcelles) in 1907 as Divisionists who used large, mosaic-like 'cubes' to construct...
early in 1907. The two of them were singled out by the art critic LouisVauxcelles in 1907 as Divisionists who used large, mosaic-like 'cubes' to construct...
Henri Matisse and Fauvism. The group gained their name after critic LouisVauxcelles described their work with the phrase "Donatello chez les fauves" ("Donatello...
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new ideas. The term "Cubism" was first used by the French art critic LouisVauxcelles in 1908. The principle of Cubism is based on the spatial concept of...
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