Artist Spotlight

Henri Matisse

“Drawing is like making an expressive

gesture with the advantage of

permanence. “Henri Matisse

Born in France

Born December 31, 1869 died 1954

Leader of the Fauvist Movement

His subjects were largely domestic or figurative

Created paintings that spanned the styles of Impressionism to Abstraction

Created paintings, etching, drawings, sculptures, and cut outs

In 1941 Matisse was diagnosed as having duodenal cancer and was permanently confined to a wheelchair

FACTS ABOUT MATISSE

The Swanetching33 x 25 cm.Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore1931-1932

Face - Flower pen, ink and gouache on paper15 x 11.7 cm.1948

HIS ARTWORK

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit pen and ink on paper 55 x 74 cm. Private Collection1947

Red Fish. 1911. Oil on canvas.

Fauvism - An early twentieth century

art movement and style of painting in France. The name Fauves, French for "Wild Beasts“ it was felt that they used intense colors in a

violent, uncontrolled way

Was a transitional, learning stage for many artists

Fauvism was overtaken by Cubism

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style of painting that flourished in France from 1898 to 1908

used pure, brilliant color, applied straight from the paint tubes in an aggressive, direct manner

The Fauves painted directly from nature as the Impressionists had before them, but their works were invested with a strong expressive reaction to the subjects they painted

French Fauvism