Fauve art presents a wild ride for collectors: no longer derided as `Wild Beasts,' the Fauves, along with today's artists working in the Fauve tradition, are attracting collectors with their expressive colors and brushstrokes. From: Art Business News | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: Meyers, Laura | COPYRIGHT 2002 Advanstar Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

With their unbridled colors and aggressive brushstrokes, unnatural landscapes and still-life portrayals, the works of Fauve artists were once derided as the product of "Wild Beasts." Now the Fauves are considered among the most important early modern artists. And today's collectors, according to gallery owners and dealers, are finding both original Fauve paintings and contemporary Fauve-inspired works hard to resist.

"There's a real aliveness and vitality in Fauvist wor...