Essays on Henri Matisse

Introduction

Fauvism refers to all the artistic techniques employed during the early 20th century. These artistic techniques were characterized by free treatment of structure as well as vivid colors that resulted in a decorative and vibrant effect (Denvir, 1978). Fauvism artistic styles were first applied in Paris in the year 1905 at the Autumn Salon. After the exhibition of fauvist artwork, Les Fauves, who was an art critique named the style as Fauvism which meant wild animals. He argued that the technique used very strong colors that hindered the natural color portrayal of the object. Besides, he argued that these ...

Fauvism flourished in France during the early part of twentieth century and the Fauve painters were known to break away with Impressionism. The Fauves were known to known for their use vibrant colors and bold brushstrokes and how they sought new picture space with the movement of color planes. The exuberant Fauve artworks style carried highly intense color and has often been compared to German Expressionism because of the spontaneous brushwork with brilliant colors. The short lived phase of the early twentieth-century, Fauvism brought stronger color values over the realistic values of Impressionism. Henri Matisse and André Derain are ...

The Holy Forest is a collection of abstract paintings created by the American artist Stephen Westfall inspired by Robin Blaser’s book Holy Forest. The artist’s adherence to minimalism is what makes the painting truly remarkable and its vivid colors make it noticeable even from a far distance. Westfall was born in 1953 in New York; as a beginning artist, he studied the works of Modernist masters specializing in abstract design. In addition, Westfall also served as an assistant at Rutgers School of Visual Arts. Throughout his career as a painter, he cites the influence of Henri Matisse ...

Dear Friend, I am deeply interested in an interesting art work “Woman with a hat” by the famous artist Henri Matisse, who is one of my favorites. The canvas was done in the year 1905 and first exhibited at Salon d'Automne in Paris. However, as I intend to see the artwork, I am traveling to San Francesco where the artwork is displayed at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Femme au chapeau 2016). I want to know more about the artist and his work. Fortunately, I live close to San Francesco and drove there on a weekend. I stayed ...

Henri Matisse wrote the book “Notes of a Painter” and through the book, he discusses the art of painting. From “notes of a painter” Matisse has integrated painting and writing since his book majorly explains every important detail and processes of painting (Svenungsson 23). In his book Matisse discusses painting under various topics: On first composition, Matisse says that composition involves arranging various parts of a painter’s commands to show their feelings. The second topic he discusses is “on first impression” and through these writings, Matisse attempts to persuade painters to focus on creating serenity in their work. ...

The influential and revolutionary French artist, Henri Matisse was born in a weaver’s family on 31st December 1869 in France. His career of 60 years mostly spanned the first half of 20th century. He is best known for his expressive color choice and his fauvist style. Matisse had chosen traditional subjects like portraits, nudes, interior views, landscape, still life, etc (Editors). He had a brilliant sense of color and the way he expressed his emotion in his paintings was distinct and unique. In the year 1891, he moved to Paris for a formal artistic training and took instructions ...

The Presentation of the ‘Primitive’ in Early Twentieth Century Art

In the early Twentieth Century, the idea of the ‘primitive’ was one which was prevalent across the world of civilisation. This was, in part, due to the massively widespread British Empire which, as it loosened its grip on its colonies, began to leave a mass of different types of people all left to re-find their place in the world. In short, the term ‘primitive’ was one used to describe individuals who did not fit in with the western ethnocentric view of the world: white, Christian and adheres to the social expectations of upper class Britain. As all fashions and morbid ...