1. Matisse on Art2. About Henri Matisse3. Matisse Dance4. Analysis of Art Henri Matisse5. Biography of Henri Matisse6. Picasso |
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Who was Henri Matisse(b. Dec. 31, 1869, Le Cateau, Picardy, Fr.--d. Nov. 3, 1954, Nice) Sometimes was spelled wrongly as Matisse Henri, Henry Matisse, Matisse Henry, Matiss. Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. -- Henri Matisse Quotes Les Fauves / Fauvism uses exaggerating images, intense colors and rough lines to express inside passion. Matisse is the founder of this Fauvism art. |
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Artist Henri is a famous French painter. He is the founder and major representative of Fauvism, as well as a printmaker, and sculptor. The works of Matisse and Picasso are often mixed up, Picasso is the founder of Cubism. Being affected by Postimpressionist painters such as Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Signac; and absorbing the art form of Japan, in Matisse original the effect of color is full played. Majority of portrait Matisse such as The Dance, oeuvre for kids, Matisse Madame, and Jazz in 1899 to 1905 adopted the technique of Pointillism. Currently, Matisse works have been sold for 17 million dollars. In 2002, his sculpture “Nude I （Dawn）” was sold for 9.2 million dollars – a new record for sculptures. At the age of 21, Henry Matisse was in hospital because of appendicitis. His mother sent him a box of pigment, a set of painting brush and a self-study drawing book to help him kill the boring time. This occasional incident provoked Matisse drawing passion to a large extent and became a turning point of his whole life. So, art lovers are very interested in biography Henri Matisse, and reproductions of his works for sale in gallery are prevalent. |
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Matisse The DanceThis artwork is Oil on canvas, 259.7 cm × 390.1 cm and finished in 1909, French name is La Danse, now is collected at Matisse gallery of Museum of Modern Art, New York City.Matisse Dance is painted on a large decorative panel, it has a companion piece titled as Music. The preliminary version of this artwork was started in 1909, and known as Dance Matisse when it's finished, in the work Matisse Henry uses paler colors and less detail as a compositional study. There are five dancing figures in red in the center of Matisse The Dance surrounding with green landscape, the background is simplified deep blue sky. The incipient fascination about Matisse was reflected with primitive art by a classic Fauvist color palette. Our artist highly regarded the art of Henri Matisse that is featured in the background of Matisse's La Danse with Nasturtiums. It is commonly recognized that The Dance Matisse is a key point of his career and in the development of modern painting. |
Biography of MatisseThree artists are responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture in the opening decades of the 20th century, they are artist Henri Matisse, Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. Before 1920s Matiss was labelled a wild beast or Fauvist, but later was regarded as an upholder of the classical tradition in French art and a leading figure in modern art. Henry Matisse started to paint in 1889 sharing same story with Jack Vettriano, he had illness of appendicitis, his mother brought him art supplies. Matisse discovered that art is "a kind of paradise" and decided to become an artist. 5 pieces of Matisse art were exhibited in a salon in 1896, the state purchased two of them. In 1951 Matisse finished the interior of Chapelle by designing the glass windows and the decorations, later was called as the Matisse Chapel, it took him four years. Matisse gallery was established by the artist himself in 1952, named as Matisse Museum in Le Cateau, now it is the third-largest collection of Matisse works in France. Henri Matisse died of a heart attack in 1954 and is interred in the cemetery of the Monastère Notre Dame de Cimiez. |
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