This hall is devoted to the artists known as the Fauves (literally “wild beasts” in French), in whose paintings the main role is played by intensive colour. Almost all the works were executed in the first decade of the 20th century.
Jean Puy (1876–1960) and Othon Friesz (1879–1949) are represented by works in various genres, Henri Manguin (1874–1949) by Mediterranean landscapes, Raoul Dufy (1877–1953) by a Portrait of Suzanne Dufy (1904), Georges Dupuis (1875–1932), Auguste Chabaud (1882–1955) and Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955) by urban views, Henri Le Fauconnier (1881–1946) by the genre scene Little Schoolgirl (1907), Kees Van Dongen (1877–1968) by the landscape Spring and characteristic images from the world of cabaret.
