Visual Art Paper 2 (Essay) WASSCE (SC), 2019

Question 8



  1. Define fauvism.
  2. List any five artists associated with fauvism.
  3. State four features of fauvism

Observation

 

Majority of the candidates attempt this question. The candidates that attempted this question performed poorly. The candidates were expected to answer in the following way:


(a)   - A 20th Century art style which embraces the distortion of forms and the use of violent uncontrolled brilliant colours.                 


(b)  Henri Matisse;
      Andre Derain;
      Georges Braque;
      Raoul Dufy;
      Georges Rouault;
      Maurice de Vlaminck;
      Albert Marquet.


(c)  Use of colour to emphasize sensation;
      unrestrained use of colours;
      disregard for three dimensionality;
      subject matter cut across all aspect of painting areas;
      colours are used as element to express artists vision;
      deliberate distortion of forms;
      disregard for conventional approach to painting.