Louis Valtat
- Introduction
- Louis Valtat (French: [valta]; 8 August 1869 – 2 January 1952) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Fauves ("the wild beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first exhibited together in 1905 at the Salon d'Automne. He is noted as a key figure in the stylistic transition in painting from Monet to Matisse.
- Wikidata
- Q1872017
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Engraver, Still Life Artist, Painter
- Names
- Louis Valtat, Valtat
- Ulan
- 500026675
Exhibitions
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MoMA2000, ModernStarts, Places: French Landscape, The Modernist Vision, 1880-1920
Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000
MoMA
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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Mar 3–May 15, 1983
MoMA
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The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities
Mar 26–Jun 1, 1976
MoMA
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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France
Jun 13–Sep 8, 1974
MoMA
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Recent Acquisitions
Dec 21, 1960–Feb 5, 1961
MoMA
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Louis Valtat has
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