Henri Matisse Art
Henri Matisse (1869-1954), a French artist, known for his
use of color to convey emotional expression, and his fluid,
direct and original painting style. As a printmaker, but principally
as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the 20th
century. Although he was initially labeled as a Fauve, by the 1920s,
he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition
in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of color
and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century,
won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.
Early in his career, he was the leader of the Fauvist ("wild beast") movement, a painting style which focused on pure colors used in an aggressive and direct manner. His style changed many times over the years, but he never gave up his art. Matisse continued creating even into his 80's. This was the time when he created the paper cutouts that he is perhaps best known for. Matisse understood perfectly the relationship between color and shape, a talent which rightfully earned him the name "master of color". As a leader of the Fauves, he believed the arrangement of colors was as important as a painting's subject matter to communicate meaning. He avoided detail, instead using bright color and strong lines to create a sense of movement.
Matisse's work reflects a number of influences: the decorative quality of eastern art, the stylized forms of the masks and sculpture of Africa, the bright colors of the French impressionists, and the simplified forms of French artist Cezanne and the cubists.
Although intellectually sophisticated, Matisse always emphasized the importance of instinct and intuition in the production of a work of art (hence predating the Abstract Expressionism). He argued that an artist did not have complete control over color and form; instead, colors, shapes, and lines would come to dictate to the sensitive artist how they might be employed in relation to one another. He often emphasized his joy in abandoning himself to the play of the forces of color and design, and he explained the rhythmic, but distorted, forms of many of his figures in terms of the working out of a total pictorial harmony.
Unlike many other artists, he was internationally popular during his lifetime, enjoying the favor of collectors and art critics. Henri Matisse is often regarded as one of the most important French painters of all time.
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Contents
- Still Life with Books, 1890
- Dessert (After David de Heem), 1893
- Bouquet of Daisies, 1895
- Woman Reading, 1895
- The Breton Serving Girl, 1896
- The Skate, 1896
- Blue Jar with Lemon, 1897
- Supper Table, 1897
- The Tree, 1898
- Vase with Sunflowers, 1898
- First Orange Still Life, 1899
- Fruit and Coffee Pot, 1899
- Still Life with Oranges, 1899
- Interior with Harmonium, 1900
- Model, 1900
- Plates and Table, 1900
- Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves, 1900
- Still Life with Blue Jug, 1900
- Garden in Luxemburg, 1901
- Forest, 1902
- Carmelina, 1903
- Flowers in a Vase, 1903
- Lesquielles-Saint-Germain, 1903
- Nude with White Towel, 1903
- Studio under the Roof, 1903
- The Capella Boy, 1903
- Interior, 1905
- Luxe, Calme et Volupte, 1905
- Madam Matisse, 1905
- Woman with Hat, 1905
- Blue Nude, 1906
- Gipsy Woman, 1906
- Interior with a Young Girl Reading, 1906
- Oriental Carpets, 1906
- Plates and Fruit on Purple Carpet, 1906
- Still Life with Statuette, 1906
- Still Life with Vase, Bottle and Fruit, 1906
- The Joy of Life, 1906
- View, 1906
- Luxuriance I, 1907
- The Music (Sketch), 1907
- The Shore, 1907
- Vase with Flowers, 1907
- Woman on the Terrace, 1907
- Bathers with Tortoise, 1908
- Nude Woman, 1908
- Play with Balls, 1908
- Red Room, 1908
- Seated Nude Woman, 1908
- Algerian Woman, 1909
- Blue Carpet, 1909
- Still Life with 'The Dance', 1909
- Talk, 1909
- Girl with Tulips, 1910
- Red Table, 1910
- The Dance, 1910
- The Music, 1910
- Artist's Family, 1911
- Flowers and Plate, 1911
- Red Studio, 1911
- Spanish Still Life, 1911
- Interior with Goldfish, 1912
- Moroccan Landscape, 1912
- Red Fish, 1912
- Studio Corner, 1912
- The Door of the Casbah, 1912
- Zora at the Terrace, 1912
- Arabian Coffee House, 1913
- Flowers at the Terrace, 1913
- Moor in Green, 1913
- Portrait of the Wife (Madame Matisse), 1913
- Still Life with Oranges, 1913
- Interior with Goldfish Bowl, 1914
- Study for Portrait of Yvonne Landsberg, 1914
- View of Notre Dame, 1914
- The Yellow Curtain, 1915
- Apples, 1916
- Bowl of Apples on a Table, 1916
- Moors, 1916
- Portrait of Greta Prozor, 1916
- The Italian Woman, 1916
- The Piano Lesson, 1916
- Three Sisters, 1916
- Window, 1916
- Coup de Soleil, 1917
- Head of the Lorett with the Cup, 1917
- Lorette Reclining, 1917
- Self-Portrait, 1918
- The Bay of Nice, 1918
- Antoinette in a Feathered Hat, Jewish Costume to the Waist, 1919
- Black Table, 1919
- Garden in Issi, 1919
- Interior with Violin Case, 1919
- Nude, Spanish Carpet, 1919
- The Lorrain Chair, 1919
- Woman in a Flowered Hat, 1919
- Portrait of Marguerite Asleep, 1920
- Odalisque in Red Culottes, 1921
- Odalisque in Red Harem Pants, 1921
- Woman before an Aquarium, 1921
- Young Girl in a Green Dress, 1921
- Nice Interior, The Nap, 1922
- Woman Reading, 1922
- The Hindu Pose, 1923
- Interior in Nice, 1924
- Odalisque with Magnolias, 1924
- Portrait of Baroness Gourgaud, 1924
- Odalisque in Red Pants, 1925
- Seated Nude Against Red Background, 1925
- Odalisque with a Tambourine, 1926
- Ornamental Figure Against Ornamental Background, 1926
- Ballet Dancer, 1927
- Odalisque with Grey Culottes, 1927
- Reclining Nude, Backview, 1927
- Woman with a Veil, 1927
- Odalisque with a Moorish Chair, 1928
- Odalisques, 1928
- Still Life on Green Sideboard, 1928
- Nude in Pink, 1935
- The Blue Eyes, 1935
- Nude with Heel on her Knee, 1936
- Tahiti II, 1936
- Dancer, 1937
- Woman in Blue, 1937
- Arm, 1938
- Design for Backdrop of Strange Farandole, 1938
- Rouge et Noir, 1938
- Two Female Figures and a Dog, 1938
- Music, 1939
- Reader on a Black Background (The Pink Table), 1939
- The Green Romanian Blouse, 1939
- Woman in Yellow and Blue with Guitar, 1939
- Gipsy Wear, 1940
- Interior, Ciboure, 1940
- Still Life with Shell, 1940
- Still Life with Shrimps, 1940
- Still Life with Sleeping Woman, 1940
- The Dream, 1940
- Still Life with a Magnolia, 1941
- Two Young Girls, 1941
- Dancer Sitting in an Armchair, 1942
- Dancer, Black Background, Rococo Armchair, 1942
- Icarus (Jazz), 1943
- The Circus (Jazz), 1943
- The Clown (Jazz), 1943
- Tulips and Oysters Against Black Background, 1943
- Asia, 1946
- Polynesia, Sea, 1946
- The Rocaille Armchair, 1946
- Yellow and Blue Interior, 1946
- Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, 1947
- Red Interior, Still Life on a Blue Table, 1947
- Standing Nude, 1947
- Black Fern, 1948
- Interior with Egyptian Curtain, 1948
- Large Red Interior, 1948
- The Pineapple, 1948
- Descent from the Cross, 1949
- Glass Panel, 1950
- Zulma, 1950
- Woman in Blue Gandura, 1951
- Blue Nude II, 1952
- Blue Nude IV, 1952
- The Sadness of the King, 1952
- The Snail, 1953
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