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 dAutomne.[1] He is noted as a key figure in the stylistic transition in painting from Monet to Matisse.