Louis Vauxcelles (born Louis Meyer; 1 January 1870 – 21 July 1943[1]) was a French art critic.[2] He is credited with coining the terms Fauvism (1905) and Cubism (1908). He used several pseudonyms in various publications: Pinturrichio, Vasari, Coriolès, and Critias.[3]
^Stanley Meisler, Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse, p. 54
^Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Mathilde Arnoux, Friederike Kitschen, Perspectives croisées: la critique d'art franco-allemande 1870–1945, Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 2009, p. 578