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Artist Spotlight

Artist Spotlight. Henri Matisse. “Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. “ Henri Matisse. FACTS ABOUT MATISSE. Born in France Born December 31, 1869 died 1954 Leader of the Fauvist Movement His subjects were largely domestic or figurative

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Artist Spotlight

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  1. Artist Spotlight Henri Matisse

  2. “Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. “Henri Matisse

  3. FACTS ABOUT 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

  4. 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

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

  6. Red Fish. 1911. Oil on canvas.

  7. 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

  8. French Fauvism • 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

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