fauvism
n.
5Fr fauvisme < fauve, wild beast, orig. adj., fawn-colored, dun < OFr < Frank *falw < Gmc *falwa, FALLOW26 [often F3] a French expressionist movement in painting at the beginning of the 20th cent., involving Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, etc.: it was characterized by bold distortion of form and the use of strong, pure color
fauve 7fbv8 or fau4vist
n., adj.