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Henri Matisse - The DanceThe DanceHenri Matisse

Introduction to the Artist and Painting

Henri Matisse, a French artist born in 1869, is considered one of the most influential painters of the early 20th century. He was a leading figure in the Fauvist movement, which emphasized bold colors and expressive brushstrokes. One of his most famou...

The State Hermitage Museum (Russia)
 
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Henri Matisse - MusicMusicHenri Matisse

'Music forms a pair to ''The Dance'', also painted in 1910. After the collector Sergey Shchukin commissioned ''The Dance'', he wrote to Matisse asking for another panel on the subject of music. It is only when seen together that they acquire their full resonance.'

 
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Henri Matisse - Dance (II)Dance (II)Henri Matisse
260 x 391 cm, (1910)

There are two versions of The Dance, the first, painted in March of 1909, is the study for the second one, completed in 1910. The large work, painted along the lines of William Blake’s painting “Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing,” was painted along with its companion piece, Music, which ...

Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)
 
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Henri Matisse - The Joy of LifeThe Joy of LifeHenri Matisse

Introduction

Henri Matisse's painting The Joy of Life (1906) is considered one of the greatest Fauve paintings and a pillar of early Modernism. This monumental canvas, measuring 175 x 241 cm, is housed at the...

The Barnes Foundation (United States)
 
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Henri Matisse - Dance (II), EremitagetDance (II), EremitagetHenri Matisse
260 x 391 cm, (1910)

Artist and Title

Henri Matisse, a French artist, is renowned for his contribution to modern art. Among his most famous works is Like
 
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Henri Matisse - Still Life with -Dance-Still Life with 'Dance'Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - Music (Sketch)Music (Sketch)Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - Harmony in RedHarmony in RedHenri Matisse

Introduction

Henri Matisse's 'Harmony in Red' is a masterpiece of Fauvism, an art movement characterized by the use of intense color and simplified forms. Painted in 1908, this work is one of Matisse's most famous and significant paintings, and it is now part of the permanent collection at ...

Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)
 
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Henri Matisse - DanceDanceHenri Matisse
192 x 115 cm, (1912)
 
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Henri Matisse - L-AlgerienneL'AlgerienneHenri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - L-Atelier rouge Huile sur Toile - (181x219)L'Atelier rouge Huile sur Toile - (181x219)Henri Matisse
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Georges Braque - Violin and PaletteViolin and PaletteGeorges Braque
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Henri Matisse - Luxe, Calme, et Volupté (compositional study)Luxe, Calme, et Volupté (compositional study)Henri Matisse

Introduction to Fauvism Art Movement

Fauvism was an early 20th-century modern art movement that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over realistic values. The style began around 1904 and continued beyond 1910, with the movement itself lasting only a few years, from 1905 to 1908....

Musée d'Orsay (Paris, France)
 
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Henri Matisse - The girl with green eyes, San FranThe girl with green eyes, San FranHenri Matisse
66 x 51 cm, (1908)
 
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Henri Matisse - Spanish Woman with a TamborineSpanish Woman with a TamborineHenri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - Nasturtiums with --The Dance-- (II)Nasturtiums with ''The Dance'' (II)Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - Nasturtiums with -Dance- (II)Nasturtiums with 'Dance' (II)Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - Sculpture and Persian VaseSculpture and Persian VaseHenri Matisse
60 x 73 cm, (1908)
 
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Henri Matisse - Spanish Still Life (Seville II)Spanish Still Life (Seville II)Henri Matisse
 
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Franz Marc - Nude Lying among FlowersNude Lying among FlowersFranz Marc
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Henri Matisse - Interior at CollioureInterior at CollioureHenri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - ConversationConversationHenri Matisse

This painting portrays Matisse and his wife, facing each other in a blue room, and was created specifically for the collection of Russian art collector Sergei Shchukin, where it hung in his house until it was sized during the Russian Revolution of 1917, and later donated to the public. In the painti...

 
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Henri Matisse - Pink Nude, or Seated NudePink Nude, or Seated NudeHenri Matisse
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Henri Matisse - Luxury, calm and voluptuousnessLuxury, calm and voluptuousnessHenri Matisse

Luxe, calme et volupté is an oil painting by Henri Matisse from 1904. Its title comes from the poem L'Invitation au voyage, from Charles Baudelaire's volume Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil).

 

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