Louis Vauxcelles, French art critic (born 1870)

Louis Vauxcelles

French art critic (1870–1943)

Louis Vauxcelles was a French art critic. He is credited with coining the terms Fauvism (1905) and Cubism (1908). He used several pseudonyms in various publications: Pinturrichio, Vasari, Coriolès, and Critias.