FAUVIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism

Synonyms:

Fauve; fauvist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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