...Henri Matisse One of the most important French painters of the 20th century. The leader of the Fauvist’s movement around 1900. Matisse's artistic career was long and varied, covering many different styles of painting from Impressionism to near Abstraction Painted in 1917 it an oil painting Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist sketching the subject onto the canvas with charcoal or thinned paint. Oil paint is usually mixed with linseed oil, artist grade mineral spirits or other solvents to create a thinner, faster or slower drying paint. A basic rule of oil paint application is 'fat over lean. This means that each additional layer of paint should contain more oil than the layer below to allow proper drying. If each additional layer contains less oil, the final painting will crack and peel. The painting is 96 3/8 x 79 in. (244.7 x 200.7 cm). It is currently on display courtesy of the Barnes Foundation at Lincoln University in Merion, Pennsylvania. Some Observations The use of lines shapes and color are soft. The focal areas are the piano and the pianists were what caught my attention first Atmospheric Asymmetrical Some repetition cool colors The sense of movement could be both or combines due to the person sitting outside The Artwork is juxtapose Frida Kahlo She was born on July 6, 1907, in Coyoacan, a suburb of Mexico City. When she was six years old she contracted polio which left her with a deformed right foot and the cruel nickname...
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...Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869. His place of birth was Le Cateau, Picardy, France. He died on November 3, 1954 in Nice, France. His art media was painting and sculpting. His skill started to develop when he began to attend a drawing class before work. Matisse then began to paint and moved away to Paris to get training. He went to the schools of École des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian. There, he was introduced to post-impressionism and pointillism. But he started painting in a style called Fauvism. This was his new movement. People loved his work; people like famous collectors purchased his work. He was known to surprise his viewers and it was all so gratifying to them. During his time, there was a decline in the Fauvist movement....
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...Ashley St. John Artist Biography Block 2 B/D 11/3/15 Henri-Emile-Benoit Matisse was a famous french artist. He was born December 31st, 1869 and died November 3rd, 1954. He was raised in a small town in northern France named Bohain-en-Vermandois. His artistic talents were first acknowledged when, at the age of 21, he began painting while he was recovering from an illness. Matisse moved to Paris in 1891 to pursue some more artistic training. In the mid 1890’s, he began showing his work in large group exhibitions in Paris, such as places like the traditional Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Henri Matisse traveled to London and to Corsica and finally in 1898 married Amelie Parayre that he would later have three children with....
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...Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—he began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30. Born: December 16, 1866 Occupation: Law Professor A few works’ names: On White II Composition X Henri Matisse Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.[1] Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture.[2][3][4][5] Although he was initially labelled a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.[6] His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art. Born: December 31, 18 1869 Occupation: known primarily as...
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...of geometry, spatial relation, Birth of perspective and awareness of 3rd dimension along with study of anatomy in visual representation. The rise of individualism due to advent of humanism) 11. Baroque Painting & sculpture. 12. Rococo art and furniture/ interiors. 13. What is semiotics and semantics? Understanding the impact of industrialization and New Technology and the origin of it, the ‘enlightenment’. 14. Romanticism & Realism: in relation with the fall of Napoleon and outbreak of the war, French revolution, Darwin, Karl marks, birth of photography and change in perception of visual experience 15. What is modern? What is modern art? Impressionism and Expressionism Monet, Manet, Van Gogh, Edward Munch, Henri Matisse, Kandinsky, Sculpture-August Rodin. 16. Development of capitalism in modern western societies. Encroachment of commercial values upon all aspects of cultural practices. Art as anti establishment practice (Dada as anti art a nihilistic movement). The art of Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, and Jackson Pollok (additional...
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...Henri Matisse’s work went from painting on oil canvases to painting cut outs. As the large scissors run through the paper it is juxtapose to his brushstrokes on a canvas. Matisse’s unique cut out paintings in the mid 20th century was strongly influenced by tragedy, his previous work and a Russian assistant. Though the medium was a new invention, its development was a logical outgrowth of key ideas (MoMa). Matisse began painting in 1889. He was remarkably committed to his art; he then later had to warn his fiancé. The love he has for her is real but loves his painting more. Matisse returned to Paris in 1891 to be a student of William-Adolphe Bougereau. Matisse made hundreds of drawings, original prints and illustrated books. He moved to Villa...
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...MATISSE AND PICASSO The article on Matisse and Picasso’s story of contradiction that later on developed into friendship shows us that art unites everyone. Artists may have different styles, techniques and opinions but these abstractionists found what is dominantly common among their works. They may not have liked each other’s works at first but gradually, they have learned to work with each other. This agreement signaled the birth of another art movement, abstraction. Their works are highly geometric and the colors are vibrant; much like what we see in modern art. The idea of abstraction is pure self- expression, contrary to the traditional realistic painting. Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso are two of the greatest abstractionists known in history. They have proven that “ugly art” may still be considered beautiful in the eyes of the viewer. Without their intertwining ideas, mankind may have not developed a fresher sense of Art. The things we see around today may be the old school Renaissance or Victorian themed artworks with the sober colors and all. Matisse and Picasso’s collaboration have reinvented art itself. Using geometric figures, they have proven that there are no strict rules in art. Like everything else, it undergoes changes. It can be modified overtime. After all, art is all about being you. This somewhat rebellious art style is extraordinary. It may not directly portray the story of Picasso and Matisse’s friendship but through in-depth research, one can conclude...
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...Henri Matisse Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 - 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Although he was initially labeled a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art. Henri Matisse uses Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910. The movement as such lasted only a few years, 1904–1908, and had three exhibitions. (Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionisms. Famous of works: * Woman Reading (1894), Musée National d'Art Moderne Paris * Le Mur Rose (1898), Musée National d'Art Moderne * "Canal du Midi" (1898), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum * Notre-Dame, une...
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...Fauvism Manait, Babelyn Paleng, Donna May Trinidad,JannoGioseppe I. Brief Description Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artistswhose works emphasizedpainterly qualities and strong color over the representational orrealistic values retained byImpressionism. While Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, themovement as such lasted only a few years, 1904–1908, and had three exhibitions.The leaders of the movement were Henri Matisse and André Derain. Fauvism was the first of the avant-garde movements that flourished in France in the early years of the twentieth century. The Fauve painters were the first to break with Impressionism as well as with older, traditional methods of perception. Their spontaneous, often subjective response to nature was expressed in bold, undisguised brushstrokes and high-keyed, vibrant colors directly from the tube. What Are the Key Characteristics of Fauvism? • Color Nothing took precedence over color for the Fauves. Raw, pure color was not secondary to the composition, it defined the composition. For example, if the artist painted a red sky, the rest of the landscape had to follow suit. To maximize the effect of a red sky, he might choose lime green buildings, yellow water, orange sand, and royal blue boats. He might choose other, equally vivid colors. The one thing you can count on is that none of the Fauves ever went with realistically-colored...
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...Course: ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN A MULTICULTURAL AMERICA Multicultural Arts Website Evaluation and Annotated Bibliography The subject of the present website evaluation is Fauvism – a movement in art that was spread in the early twentieth century, known for its vivid colors and little attention to reality of the depicted subject matters. Even though the modernist movements in art are rather diverse, Fauvism is distinguished through a bright palette and bold brushstrokes. The websites selected for the annotated bibliography have been found through a search engine, using a simple keyword “fauvism,” without distinguishing any particular directions or artists within the movement. “Fauvism.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2015. Web. Apr. 24, 2015. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fauv/hd_fauv.htm>. The first website is the one of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, offering a great article about Fauvism as a movement in painting and phenomenon in art of the early years of the twentieth century, which was a predecessor and a great inspiration for such later movements as of Expressionism and Cubism. The authors of the website offer the following citation for the title article, which provides an insightful explanation of the development of techniques and the major influences for artists of Fauvism and their influence on other artists: “Rewald, Sabine. “Fauvism.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fauv/hd_fauv...
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...characterized by a variety of styles and subject choices that flew in the face of accepted convention. While, generally speaking, it challenged a number of aesthetic principles, modernism ultimately gave rise to a variety of movements and styles. The great progenitor of modernist revolt was the impressionist movement in the second half of the nineteenth century in France. Impressionist painters made colorful style of painting, characterized as impressionism. Impressionism attaches great importance to our perception of contrasts and light, something that is accurately expressed through the seasons. Claude Monet’s Rouen Cathedral in full sunlight was a famous painting, other than this Pierre Auguste Renoi, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec are among the most important impressionist painters. CLAUDE MONET – "Impression, sunrise" (1873) At the end of 19th century Post-impressionism arose that was a soft revolt against impressionism that influenced the development of art in the 20th century. The major artists associated with this were Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh’s vigorous and vibrant painting technique was one of the touchstones of both Fauvism and...
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...Art History | | Artist: Matisse, Henri Title: Joy of Life Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1905 Style: Fauvism In the Joy of Life painting Matisse used flat, bold, contrasting colors. This technique of heavily outlined forms is an expression of fauvism. Each figure is simplified with strong outlines, creating linear rhythm. These outlines give the figures shadowing and depth. In the Foreground of the painting the figures are much larger than those in the background; Matisse diminished size to give the impression that the dancers are much farther away. Matisse created a sense of real perspective, as well as giving his piece direction. His piece makes you center in on the middle and the figures dancing in a circle. Each figure is painted peacefully in their own unique ways, some relaxing, others dancing, and a couple embracing each other. Matisse depicted a celebration of life, sexuality, and womanhood. Matisse’s Joy of Life and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles are two complete different styles. Matisse’s landscape is a broad open field. His figures are un-crowded and relate to the forms of nature that surrounds them. Picasso, on the other hand, compressed the space and took Matisse’s sensual relaxed atmosphere and turned it into an assertively pornographic ambiance. Picasso chose deep tones and shattered forms, where Matisse used clear, bright pigments and graceful curves. Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Les Demoiselles Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1907 Style: Cubism...
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...Les Demoiselles D’ Avignon the Portrait the Impact Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon originally named The Brothel of Avignon is a large oil painting, consisting of five female prostitutes, situated in a Brothel located in Barcelona Spain. The portrait was painted in 1907 by world renowned artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Picasso made a radical departure from traditional European painting through the adaption of primitivism and the abandonment of perspective (Gibson, 1995). Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon was influential in the early development of cubism and modern art, however this work of art led to a widespread resentment and discord amongst the people closest to him (Gibson, 1995). My research intends to walk readers through Picasso’s life emphasizing how his work reshaped 20th Century Art, as well as, the influences coming from Primitive art during this period. Picasso the man, a young inspiring artist arrived in Paris from Spain at the turn of the 20th century leaving family, friends and business contacts behind. By 1904 Picasso, determined to make a name for himself now fully settled in Paris, had gotten several studios off the ground, while building important relationships with friends and other artists (Daix,1988) Picasso’s groundbreaking recognition came between 1901 and 1904 for what’s known today as his blue period paintings. The blue period was a time of poverty and desperation based on what Picasso witnessed during the beginning of the 20th century in Spain and Paris his...
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...kneeling at the cross to emphasize the hurt she is feeling seeing God on the cross. 3 people in the picture 1 man 2 women Modern Art Frank Stella, American 1936 Flin, Fion IV 1969 Polymer and fluorescent polymer paint on canvas Terry Winters – 1949 Bitmer, 1986 oil on linen Georgia O’Keefer 1887-1986 Jack in the Pulpit Nov 1930 oil on canvas Cubism Piet Mondrian – Dutch 1872-1944 Teablean No. IV Lozenge Composition with Red, Gray, Blue, Yellow and Black 1924/1925 Oil on canvas Max Weber -1881-19 Rush Hour NewYork 1915 Pablo Pisassco Nude Women 1910 oil on canvas Scuptor Head of a women 1909 bronze Modern and Contemparty Art Raskshaw Downes- Bird’s eye view of NY cont cent and contruction 1982 oil on canvas Henri Matisse cut outs collages of color paper for a book called Jazz La Negresse 1952 paper collage on canvas Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) Lavender Mist , Nov 1, 1950 oil, enemal and aluminum on canvas Alexander Calder A group of Six animations painted in sheet metal Reel Panel, 1936 Sheet metal, cooper tubing wire, plywood, lead string and paint Horace Pippin Intereu 1994 oil on...
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...Prehistoric Art 20 000-8 000 BC. Figure 1: Homem Paleolítico, Venus of Willendorf (Limestone), 30 000-25 000 BC, Prehistoric art, Naturhistorisches Museum, Austria, (Adendorff, 2008:8) Egyptian Art 8 000-2 000 BC. Figure 2: A page from The Book of the dead made for Nes-min, Papyrus of Ani (Papyrus), 2 600 BC, Egyptian art, London, (Adendorff, 2008:15) Byzantine Art 5th Century AD. to 1453 Figure 3: Christ Pantokrator, Central Dome, Church of the Dormition (mosaic), 1090-1100, Byzantine Art, Greece, (Adendorff, 2008:25) Middle Ages 312-1341 Figure 4: Unknown, St. Matthew, from the Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims, 826-835, Middle ages, (Adendorff, 2008:31) Roman Art 500 BC – 300 AD Figure 5: Unknown, Emperor Augustus (white marble), 1st Century, Roman art, Rome, (Von Heintze, 1990:143) Renaissance 12th to 17th Centuries Figure 6: Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (tempera on canvas), 1482, Renaissance, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, (Adendorff, 2008:54) Baroque Art 17th and 18th Centuries Figure 7: Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas (oil on canvas), 1656, Baroque art, Museo del Prado, Madrid, (Adendorff, 2009:16) Neo-Classicism 18th and 19th Centuries Figure 8: Jacques Louis David, Oath of Horatti (oil on canvas), 1784, Neo-Classism, Louvre, Paris, (Rosenblum & Janson, 2004:27) Romanticism 1750-1850 Figure...
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