Henri Matisse, Portrait
of Madame Matisse (The Green Line) (1905)
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Henri Matisse seems
to be influencing a wide range of people with his diverse set of art styles; he
is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century after all. Leading the
Fauvism movement, with his high degree of abstract paintings, he made the Green
line famous. Portrayed in Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line)
(1905), shows a green line divide the face of the wife. Other artist soon
caught on to the fashion, and started to use it in their own paintings.
An artist in particular
that I am reminded of is Kathy Sosa, currently being displayed in the MSC’s James
Reynolds Student Art Gallery. The MSC Visual Arts Committee presents the San
Antonio-based artist, exhibiting her mixed media portraiture, containing
vibrant oil portraits collages with fabric, wallpaper or photographs. “The
exhibited pieces take a modern approach to traditional Mesoamerican folk art.”
You can see more of her work at her website, www.kathysosa.com.
The exhibition will end on March 15th. (A&M, 2013)
Another part in pop
culture that I see this style in is The Shadow Magazine. Launched in 1931, it
soon established a monthly schedule and doubled to a twice monthly schedule in
1932, which met its end in the Summer of 1949. It published 325 issues, which
had a lead novel featuring Kent Allard, "The Shadow," as well as a
small number of short stories and other features. The Shadows’s covers often
display the main character’s face, divided by a shadow contour. You can most
likely see inspiration from comic books covers having a protagonist or
antagonist character’s face divided by a contour, displaying one side darker
than the other.
A&M. "Texas A&M
University Calendar: Kathy Sosa Exhibition." Texas A&M University
Calendar. Texas A&M University, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.
"The Shadow Magazine."
The Shadow Magazine. Philsp, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.
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