Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the
wild beasts"), a loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists
whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the
representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. While
Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the
movement as such lasted only a few years, 1904–1908, and had three
exhibitions. The leaders of the movement were Henri Matisse and André
Derain.