2/11/13: Unshown Feeling
Portrait of Madame
Matisse (Green Stripe), Henri Matisse
Matisse’s
work was the epitome of the Fauvian style of art. Seen as audacious in its time, the painting
along with other works such as “Woman with a Hat” received criticism because works
such as these appeared to have their colors arbitrarily chosen and thrown at
the canvas without rhyme or reason. Most
noticeably, the line along the bridge of Matisse’s wife’s nose has been painted
green. Such stylistic choices must have
been perceived as crazy. This could not
be further from the truth, as Matisse and other Fauvian artists believed in
creating art with pure color that reflected new pictorial values. The underlying reason was to create these new
values that matched the natural rythyms of the artist, which opened art to
become more of an expression of the artist.
This line of thought built upon others put forth by artists like
Gougain, but was met with more criticism because of the subject. While
Gougain’s scenes were from other lands (and likely considered more mystical)
different color schemes were accepted, the same kind of color assignment to
something or someone much more “commonplace” seemed odd and out of place. Nevertheless, this and paintings like it
helped move modern art forward in its more abstract forms.
Analysis of Fauvism as a whole:
Little bit more about Matisse:
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