Collioure, the Fauve group

 Albert Marquet - Vue de Collioure

Charles Camoin (1879-1965) - Village Street in Collioure, 1912

André Derain - Le phare de Collioure (1905)

André  Derain - Collioure, the Village and the Ocean (1905)

 Henri Matisse - Collioure, 1905

 Henri Martin - Boats near Collioure, circa 1910

André Derain - Fishing Boats, Collioure

Maurice de Vlaminck, Collioure , 1941

In the early 20th century Collioure became a center of artistic activity, with several Fauve artists making it their meeting place. André Derain, Georges Braque, Othon Friesz, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, James Dickson Innes and Tsuguharu Fujita have all been inspired by Collioure's royal castle, medieval streets, its lighthouse converted into the church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges and its typical Mediterranean bay.

 Othon Friesz - The Pont de Grenelle, Paris, 1901

Othon Friesz  - The Pont Neuf, Paris, 1902

James Dickson Innes - The Spurs of Arenig, 1912

Fauvisme: Maurice de Vlaminck

Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958)

Figure on a Village Street

Sous-Bois (Paysage), 1905

Oil on canvas

Portrait of André Derain (1906)

The Wheat Field (Champs de Ble) (1906)

The River Bank (1909)

Beauce Landscape (1910)

Near Pontoise, c. 1918–20

Landscape

The Seine at Chatou

The Locks at Bougival

Marine

Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm

At the Bar

Collioure, 1941

Maurice de Vlaminck was a French painter and writer who was associated with the Fauvism movement. He was born in 1876 in Paris and grew up in the suburb of Chatou. Vlaminck was self-taught as an artist and began his career as a musician, playing the violin in cafes and clubs. He eventually turned to painting, and in the early 1900s he became associated with a group of artists known as the Fauves (meaning "wild beasts" in French), who were known for their bold, expressive use of color. Vlaminck's early paintings are characterized by their bright, vibrant hues and thick, expressive brushwork. 

He was also a prolific writer, and his memoirs and novels provide insight into the bohemian lifestyle he led as an artist in Paris. Vlaminck continued to paint and write throughout his career, and he died in 1958 at the age of 81.

The Fauves: Charles Camoin

Charles Camoin (French, 1879–1965)

Le Clocher de Saint Tropez et la Conche (1905)

Harbour of Cassis with Two Tartanes, ca. 1905

Charles Camoin - Sailboat in Port, circa 1912

Village Street in Collioure (1912)

Chat before an open window

St. Tropez

Small Farmhouse with Two Trees (also known as The Farmhouse in the Vineyards), circa 1950

The Harbor at Menton, 1956

Paris La Seine au quai des Grands-Augustins  (1959) 

oil on canvas. 27.2 x 35.2 cm

Gairaut (1958)

Window overlooking the Port of Saint-Tropez - the Artist’s Studio  - circa 1963

Charles Camoin (1879–1965) was a French painter associated with the Fauves.

Born in Marseille, France, Camoin met Henri Matisse in Gustave Moreau's class at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Matisse and his friends (including Camoin, Henri Manguin, Albert Marquet, Georges Rouault, André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck), formed the original group of artists labeled the Fauves (meaning "the wild beasts") for their wild, expressionist-like use of color.

source: wikipedia