The remarkable career of Henri Matisse, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, whose stylistic innovations (along with those of Pablo Picasso) fundamentally altered the course of modern art and affected the art of several generations of younger painters, spanned almost six and a half decades. His vast oeuvre encompassed painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic arts (as diverse as etchings, linocuts, lithographs, and aquatints), paper cutouts, and book illustration. His varied subjects comprised landscape, still life, portraiture, domestic and studio interiors, and particularly focused on the female figure.
Initially trained as a lawyer, Matisse developed an interest in art only at age twenty-one. In , he moved to Paris to study art and followed the traditional nineteenth-century academic path, first at the Académie Julian (winter –92, under the conservative William-Adolphe Bouguereau), and then at the École des Beaux-Arts (, under the Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau). Matisse’s early work, which he began exhibiting in , was informed by the dry academic manner, particularly evident in his drawing. Discovering manifold artistic movements that coexisted or suc
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Who Was Henri Matisse?
Over a six-decade career, artist Henri Matisse worked in all media, from painting to sculpture to printmaking. Although his subjects were traditional—nudes, figures in landscapes, portraits, interior views—his revolutionary use of brilliant color and exaggerated form to express emotion made him one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
Early Life and Training
Henri Matisse was born on December 31, , and was raised in the small industrial town of Bohain-en-Vermandois in northern France. His family worked in the grain business. As a young man, Matisse worked as a legal clerk and then studied for a law degree in Paris from to Returning to a position in a law office in the town of Saint-Quentin, he began taking a drawing class in the mornings before he went to work. When he was 21, Matisse began painting while recuperating from an illness, and his vocation as an artist was confirmed.
In , Matisse moved to Paris for artistic training. He took instruction from famous, older artists at well-known schools such as the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts. These schools taught according to the “academic method,” whic
| Henri Matisse | |
|---|---|
| Born | Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse Dec. 13, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord |
| Died | Nov. 3, (aged 84) Nice, Alpes-Maritimes |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Académie Julian, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau |
| Movement | Fauvism, modernism, impressionism |
| Field | Painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, collage |
| Famous Paintings by Henri Matisse | |
| L’Atelier Rouge, | |
| The Conversation, | |
| Woman Reading, | |
| The Dance, | |
| The Snail, | |
| Green Stripe, | |
| Beasts of the Sea, | |
| The Open Window, | |
| Woman with a Hat, |
Henri Matisse is one of the most well known artists of our day. His contributions to modern art are huge, with colorful and stylistic tendencies that were considered obnoxious when first viewed. He is one of the Fauves, meaning wild beasts in French. The Fauves believed in freedom of expression in art, and that there shouldn’t be any restrictions to what one could paint. Matisse was a sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and painter who pushed the boundaries of art further than they had been before.
Matisse was born on December 31, , in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord-du-Pas, France. His parents owned a seed business, and they
Henri Matisse
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Auguste Matisse
Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, France. He was the eldest son of s wealthy grain merchant, Henri Matisse and his wife Amelie. Matisse originally studied law and began painting when he was twenty years old. This was during a period of convalescence. From that point on, he dedicated himself to becoming an artist, which deeply disappointed his father. Matisse studied in Paris at the Academie Julian and was the student of William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Gustave Moreau. He initially painted mostly landscapes and still-lifes in a traditional style with reasonable proficiency.
Matisse was influenced early on by masters including Nicolas Poussin and Antoine Watteau. He especially admired Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin whose work he copied at the Louvre. Matisse was also influenced by modern artists, such as Édouard Manet, and by Japanese art.
Matisse’s style change completely after visiting the Australian painter John Russell off the coast of Brittany. Russell introduce Matisse to Impressionism and the work of Vincent Van Gogh. He gave him a drawing by Van Gogh.
Matisse had a daughter
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