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Artist Spotlight
Henri Matisse
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“Drawing is like making an expressive
gesture with the advantage of
permanence. “Henri Matisse
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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
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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
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Still Life with Flowers and Fruit pen and ink on paper 55 x 74 cm. Private Collection1947
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Red Fish. 1911. Oil on canvas.
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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