Fauvism is a sort of exasperated form of Impressionism.

In a revised version (1913) of his essay on the early development of Cubism, Apollinaire describes Cubism as having moved beyond being merely an intensification of Fauvist painting. In that comparison, he characterizes Fauvism’s intense color as an “exasperated” (or in another translation, “frenzied”) kind of Impressionism.

The line frames Fauvism as an extension of Impressionism pushed to a more extreme emotional and chromatic intensity, rather than as a completely separate break. It’s used as a stepping-stone in an argument about how Cubism evolved past earlier modern styles.

From the end of this year on, Cubism had ceased to be an exaggeration of Fauve painting which, in its violent coloring, was a sort of exasperated form of Impressionism.

By the end of the year Cubism had ceased to be an exaggeration of the painting of the Fauves whose violent colours were a frenzied kind of Impressionism.

Dès la fin de l’année, le cubisme avait cessé d’être une exagération de la peinture des Fauves dont les violents coloriages étaient de l’impressionnisme exaspéré.