henri matisse

     

"The Dance", also the title of the work seen here, was one of this artist's favorite scenes

Trivia about henri matisse

  • This French fauvist's "Joie De Vivre" features naked women frolicking & lounging in a field
  • Seen here, "The Dance", by this "wild man" of art, was painted during his Fauvist period
  • From 1948 to 1951, this Fauvist designed & decorated the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, France
  • Born in 1869, he excelled as a pointillist, a fauvist & finally, as a collagist
  • This Fauvist's wife Amelie, who posed for his "Woman with the Hat", ran a Paris hat shop to earn money for the family
  • This "Joy of Life" Fauvist studied law, but turned to painting when recuperating from an operation (Good choice!)
  • In 2010 MoMA put on this French artist: "Radical Invention, 1913-1917", including "The Moroccans"
  • French Fauvist famous for his 1905 "Woman with a Hat" & a mural in a Pennsylvania museum

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