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FAUVIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fauvist mean?
• FAUVIST (noun)
The noun FAUVIST has 1 sense:
1. a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism
Familiarity information: FAUVIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Fauve; fauvist
Hypernyms ("fauvist" is a kind of...):
painter (an artist who paints)
Derivation:
fauvism (an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists)
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