Fauvism

noun

/ˈfəʊvɪzəm/

[uncountable] (art美术)

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a style of painting that uses bright colours and in which objects and people are represented in a non-realistic way. It was popular in Paris for a short period from 1905.野兽派，野兽主义（一种绘画风格，以鲜明色彩和非现实主义方式表现物体和人物，从 1905 年起在巴黎流行一时）
Word Originfrom French fauvisme, from fauve ‘wild beast’. The name originated from a remark of the French art critic Louis Vauxcelles at the Salon of 1905; coming across a quattrocento-style statue in the midst of works by Matisse and his associates, he is reputed to have said, “Donatello au milieu des fauves!” (“Donatello among the wild beasts”).