Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Painting #082 - Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse (1869–1954, French)

Dance (II)  
Henri Matisse
- oil on canvas (260 × 391 cm) 1910
- The Hermitage, St. Petersburg


Music
Henri Matisse
- oil on canvas (260 × 389 cm) 1910
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg


Le bonheur de vivre / The Joy of Life
Henri Matisse
- oil on canvas (175 × 241 cm) 1905-06
- Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Luxury, Calm and Pleasure
- Henri Matisse
- oil on canvas (98 x 119 cm) 1904
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)



Pink Nude
- Henri Matisse
- oil on canvass (66 x 92 cm) 1935
- Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore)



Although he was initially labelled a Fauve (wild beast, 1905-08), by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.




The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room)
- Henri Matisse
- oil on canvas (181 x 221 cm) 1908
- The Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg)

Woman with a Hat
- Henri Matisse
- oil on canvas (81 x 60 cm) 1905
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF)

Source: Wikipedia

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