The Bridge at Le Pecq – (Derain) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Derain

Date: 1905

Size: 146 x 119 cm

Museum: Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, United States)

Technique: Oil On Canvas

André Derain’s depiction of a busy river port is among the earliest and most impressive examples of Fauve painting. Fauvism, which flourished in France from about 1904 to 1908, was a short-lived but seminal artistic movement led by Derain, Henri Matisse, and Maurice de Vlaminck. The name of the movement—