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This article offers a look at the exhibition of art works at the Salon d'Automne in Paris, France in 1905. André Derain's portrait of Matisse had half the face in turquoise and crimson streaks in the beard, while the trees in Maurice de Vlaminck's landscapes were blazing pink. The exhibition shocked many who saw it, and many more who did not. Trouble had started even before the exhibition opened. The Salon d'Automne had been established in 1903 to encourage experimental artists, but the Fauve paintings alarmed even the Salon's liberal-minded jury and Matisse was strongly advised in his own best interests to withdraw Woman in a Hat. Fauvism has been called the first movement in modern art to benefit from scandal and the painters themselves realized that the publicity was good for them, though they did not feel easy with the name.

The article discusses the characteristics of Fauvism. It explores the origin of the art movement in which paintings are characterized by bright and dissonant colors with distorted drawings as seen in the works of various painters such as Henri Matisse, Maurice de Vlaminck and Raoul Dufy. Even though Fauvism does not have unifying doctrine and a strong common practice, it notes that Fauvism is considered as the first modern art movement. It also cites the exhibition titled "The Wild Beasts: Fauvism and Its Affinities," sponsored by SCM Corp. and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), held in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Also discussed is the difference between expressionism and Fauvism.

The article focuses on the incorporation of fauvism by France-based painter Maurice de Vlaminck which lasted from 1905 to 1907. It mentions that rockhard canvases that do not seem to fade or weaken when looked at are produced from the gaudy splendors of the approach. It also reveals that an exhibition by painter Vincent Van Gogh inspired the method of Vlaminck of squeezing colors directly from the paint tubes onto the canvas.