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Henri Matisse

Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse

Self-Portrait - Henri Matisse

Born: 31 December 1869; Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord, France

Died: 03 November 1954; Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Field: painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing

Nationality: French

Art Movement: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

School or Group: École de Paris, Les Fauves

Henri Matisse was a French painter, draftsman, sculptor, and printmaker. Known for his use of color, his work is regarded as responsible for laying the foundation for modern plastic arts, along with the work of Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. At the age of 18, he went to study law, working as a court administrator. But, after a bout of appendicitis, during which his mother gave him paints and an easel to pass the time, he began drawing, soon leaving law school to pursue his art career, to the dismay of his father.

He was exposed to the works of Van Gogh, who was practically unknown at the time, in 1897 and 1898, when he visited his friend, painter John Peter Russell, in the island of Belle Ile, which totally changed his painting style. A lover of all art, he immersed himself in the work of his fellow painters, and often got himself into debt buying the work of other artists. He received much inspiration from the work of other artists as well, drawing inspiration from such varied sources as Japanese art, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Pointillism.

Wikipedia article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse

Featured Artworks

A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon, 1902
Luxury, Serenity and Pleasure, 1904
Portrait of Madame Matisse (Green Stripe), 1905
Woman with a Hat, 1905
The Young Sailor I, 1906
The Young Sailor II, 1906
Algerian Woman, 1909
Dance (II), 1910
Music, 1910
Conversation, 1909-1912
Portrait of Mme. Matisse, 1913
Seated Riffian, 1912-1913

Artworks by Style

Neoclassicism

Portrait of Margurite sleeping, -1920
Boats at Etretat, 1920
Figure in Scutari Carpet, 1922

Orientalism

Entrance to the Kasbah, 1912
Zorah on the Terrace, 1912
Zorah Standing, 1912
Arabian Coffee House, 1913
Odalisque, 1917
Odalisque in Red Culottes, 1921
Odalisque in red trousers, 1921
Seated Odalisque, 1922
Odalisque, 1923
The Hindu Pose, 1923
Odalisque, Harmony in Red, 1926
Odalisque, 1926

Realism

Still Life with Books and Candle, 1890
Woman Reading, 1894
The Study of Gustave Moreau, 1894-1895
The Maid, 1896
The Dinner Table, 1896-1897
Studio under the Eaves, c.1903
not identified

Impressionism

Brittany (also known as Boat), 1896
Belle Ile, -1896
Interior with a top hat, 1896
The Port of Palais, Belle Ile, 1896
Blue Pot and Lemon, 1897
Farms in Brittany, Belle Ile, 1897
Fruit and Coffee-Pot, c.1898
Vase of Sunflowers, 1898
Interior With Harmonium, 1900
The Pot Saint Michel in Paris, 1900
Blue Pitcher, -1901
Green needles on the Cross Javernaz, 1901

Post-Impressionism

Olive Trees, 1898
Still Life with Oranges, 1898
Still Life with Oranges II, 1899
Dishes on a Table, 1900
Male Model, 1900
Still Life with Chocolate Pot, 1900
The Pont Saint-Michel, 1900
Dishes and Fruit on a Red and Black Carpet, 1901
The Japanese Lady, 1901
Chrysanthemums in a Chinese Vase, 1902
Bouquet of flowers in chocolate, 1902
The path in the Bois de Boulogne, 1902

Pointillism

The Little Gate of the Old Mill, 1898
Still Life with Pitcher and Fruit, c.1898
Luxury, Serenity and Pleasure, 1904
Cape Layet, 1904
Still Life
Still Life
Still Life

Fauvism

Self-Portrait, 1900
Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves, 1900
Copse of the Banks of the Garonne, 1900
The Luxembourg Gardens, 1901
A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon, 1902
Luxembourg Gardens, 1902-1903
Nude with a White Towel, 1902-1903
Landscape, 1903-1904
Pierre with Wooden Horse, 1904
Place des Lices, St. Tropez, 1904
Woman with a Hat, 1905
View of Collioure, c.1905

Expressionism

Red Studio, 1911
The Dance, 1932-1933
The Dance, 1932-1933
The Dance, 1932-1933
Woman in a Purple Coat, 1937
Woman in Blue, or The Large Blue Robe and Mimosas, 1937
The Arm, 1938
Two Dancers (Study for Rouge et Noir, 1938
The Daisies, 1939
The Romanian Green Bluse, 1939
Woman Portrait, 1939
Young Woman in a Blue Blouse (Portrait of L.N. Delektorskaya), 1939

Cubism

Portrait of Mme. Matisse, 1913
Still Life after Jan Davidsz. de Heem's 'La Desserte', 1915
The Moraccans, 1916
The Gourds, 1915-1916
Bathers by a River, 1909-1916
Coffee, 1916
Sun's Ray, 1917
Pink Nude, 1935
A Nude with her Heel on her Knee, 1936
Dancer and Rocaille Armchair on a Black Background, 1942
Asia, 1946
Red Interior. Still Life on a Blue Table, 1947

Abstract Art

French Window at Collioure, 1914
The Yellow Curtain, c.1915
The Lagoon 2, c.1947

Artworks by Series

Jazz Book

The Destiny, 1943
The Lagoon 1, 1943
The Heart, 1943
Codomas, 1943
The Toboggan, 1943
The Circus, 1943
The Clown, 1943
Icarus, 1943-1944
White Torso and Blue Torso, 1944
Anfitrite, 1947
Jazz Book, 1947
The Circus, 1947

The Dance

Red Interior. Still Life on a Blue Table, 1947

Artworks by Genre

mythological painting

Nymph and Satyr, 1909

illustration

The Heart, 1943
The Lagoon 1, 1943
The Destiny, 1943
Codomas, 1943
The Toboggan, 1943
Icarus, 1943-1944
Jazz Book, 1947
Anfitrite, 1947
The Knife Thrower, 1947
The Circus, 1947
The Lagoon 2, c.1947
Cut Outs

genre painting

Woman Reading, 1894
The Maid, 1896
The Terrace, St. Tropez, 1904
Luxury, Serenity and Pleasure, 1904
Interior with a Girl Reading, 1905
Music, 1910
The Family of the Artist, 1911
Conversation, 1909-1912
Arabian Coffee House, 1913
The Moraccans, 1916
The Piano Lesson, 1916
The Three Sisters with a Sculpture, left panel from The Three Sisters Triptych, 1917