野兽派,或称野兽主义,是自1898至1908年在法国盛行一时的一个现代绘画潮流。野兽派画家热衷于运用鲜艳、浓重的色彩,往往用直接从颜料管中挤出的颜料,以直率、粗放的笔法,创造强烈的画面效果,充分显示出追求情感表达的表现主义倾向。野兽派得名于1905年巴黎的秋季沙龙展览,当时,以马蒂斯为首的一批前卫艺术家的作品,引起轩然大波。有人形象地将这些画称作“一罐颜料掼在公众的面前”。当时有位评论家比喻这批作品像一群野兽正在 Fauvism, or beastism, is a modern trend of painting that prevailed in France from 1898 to 1908. Fauvism painters are keen on using bright, intense colors. They often use the pigments that are directly squeezed from the pigment tubes to create a strong picture effect with straightforward and extensive brushwork, fully demonstrating the expressionist tendency to pursue emotional expression. Fauvism was named after the Autumn Salon Exhibition in Paris in 1905, when the work of a group of avant-garde artists led by Matisse aroused an uproar. Someone vividly called these paintings “a tin of paint 掼 in front of the public.” A commentator at the time compared these works to a group of beasts