Charles Camoin (1879-1965) - The Free Fauve

Exhibition Catalogue « Charles Camoin, the free Fauve », presented at Musée de Montmartre, Paris (11 march - 11 september 2022).

Despite his affiliation with Fauvism and his friendship with Matisse, Marquet and Manguin, he never abandoned his artistic independence: ‘As a colourist, I have always been a free Fauve’.

This catalogue will enable visitors to rediscover the painter’s work, and will feature one hundred paintings and drawings, some of which have never before been exhibited. It takes a closer look at some of the main historical and thematic episodes in the artist’s life, and analyses the developments in his pictorial language, based on the sensations of colour.

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PREFACE

DE MONTMARTRE À SAINT-TROPEZ, DEUX ATELIERS DE CHARLES CAMOIN
FROM MONTMARTRE TO SAINT-TROPEZ: CHARLES CAMOIN’S TWO STUDIOS

INTRODUCTION : CHARLES CAMOIN, UN FAUVE EN LIBERTÉ
CHARLES CAMOIN, A FREE FAUVE

1 – UNE FORMATION PARISIENNE
A PARISIAN TRAINING

L’ATELIER DE MOREAU ET LES DÉBUTS PARISIENS DE CAMOIN (1898-1905)
MOREAU’S STUDIO AND CAMOIN’S BEGINNINGS IN PARIS (1898–1905)

2 – FAUVISMES
FAUVISMS

LA GALERIE BERTHE WEILL, LABORATOIRE DES AVANT-GARDES
THE GALERIE BERTHE WEILL, A LABORATORY FOR THE AVANT-GARDE MOVEMENTS

3 – EN BUT AUX LUTTES
LOCKED IN A PERSONAL STRUGGLE

L’AFFAIRE DES TOILES COUPÉES
THE CASE OF THE SLASHED CANVASES

4 -LE NU FÉMININ EN QUESTION
QUESTIONING THE FEMALE NUDE

UNE QUÊTE DU VIVANT PAR LA MATIÈRE
A QUEST TO CONVEY LIFE THROUGH MATERIAL

5 – LES DEUX ATELIERS
THE TWO STUDIOS

CAMOIN, ARCHITECTE ET MUSICIEN
CAMOIN, ARCHITECT AND MUSICIAN

LISTE DES ŒUVRES EXPOSÉES
LIST OF EXHIBITED WORKS

BIBLIOGRAPHIE SÉLECTIVE
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

EXPOSITIONS
EXHIBITIONS