Meet Henri Matisse [14 Modern Masters]
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As he lay in bed recovering from appendicitis at the age of 21, Henri Matisse received a box of paints as a gift from his mother. Matisse began painting in earnest when his health returned, and he eventually moved to Paris to study art.
He made his reputation as one of the founders of Fauvism, an avant-garde movement characterized by bright, clashing hues that Matisse on a career-long path that he described as ‘construction by means of color.’
In addition to favoring expressive color of a more naturalistic palette, Matisse abandoned traditional perspective in his canvases, building compositions from flat expanses of form and describing figures or interiors in sweeping, unbroken contours.
Some of his last and most innovative works were a series of paper cutouts, which allowed Matisse to merge the two dominant roles of his artistic career: colorist and draftsman.
- Henri Matisse’s ‘The Dance’ (1909), oil on canvas, 8′ 6/12″ x 12’9 1/2″, gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller in honor of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. to the Museum of Modern Art, is on view at the High Museum of Art’s ‘Picasso to Warhol‘ exhibit, October 15th – April 29th.
(c) 2011 Succession H. Matisse, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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