Louis Vauxcelles

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Louis Vauxcelles was a French art critic best known for coining the terms "Fauvism" and "Cubism," which named two of the most influential movements in modern art.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art critic
human
journalist
activeInPeriod early 20th century
countryOfCitizenship France
described Henri Matisse and his circle as "les fauves"
early works by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque that led to the term "Cubism"
the 1905 Salon d'Automne exhibition that led to the term "Fauvism"
familyName Vauxcelles
fieldOfWork art criticism
modern art
genre art criticism
givenName Louis
influenced reception of Cubism
reception of Fauvism
terminology of modern art history
knownFor coining the term "Cubism"
coining the term "Fauvism"
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement modernism
name Louis Vauxcelles
notableFor critical reviews of avant-garde art in Paris
notableIdea naming of Cubism
naming of Fauvism
notableWork art criticism on early 20th-century French painting
reviews in Parisian art journals
occupation art critic
journalist
placeOfActivity Paris
sexOrGender male

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