Henri Matisse Interior With Egyptian Curtain

Henri matisse was a leading figure of fauvism and along with pablo picasso one of the most influential artists of the modern era in his paintings sculptures and works on paper matisse experimented with vivid colors pointillist techniques and reduced flat shapes.

Henri matisse interior with egyptian curtain.

The phillips collection washington d c. Matisse henri matisse interior with egyptian curtain 1948. The painting was commissioned by sergei shchukin who hung it with dance on the staircase of his moscow mansion. Just as the curtain translates the rest of the painting into a stylized language of symbols so does matisse translate a corner of his studio into the symbolic language of paint to create interior with egyptian curtain.

Interior with egyptian curtain henri matisse 1948 oil on canvas 45 3 4 x 35 1 8 in. By contrasting the sunlit objects in the egyptian curtain with its dark interior matisse uses the same optical phenomenon to increase the luminance of his colour to an extreme pitch. Interior with egyptian curtain was created in 1948 by henri matisse in expressionism style. Henri matisse was beginning to develop the synchronized line and color of his paper cutouts it is considered by many.

We use the highest quality wood in our modern shop to create custom frames frame your print with precision cut acid free matt board and mount it behind a uv blocking semi gloss plexiglass to protect your art from the sun dust pollution heat and humidity. Bruce mcgaw graphics interior with egyptian curtain 1948 by henri matisse art print poster paper size 11 x 14 image size 9 x 12 3075. Interior with egyptian curtain brings a vibrant energy to the window motif. Each brushstroke on this canvas has meaning every mark is a sign and all possess the potential difficulty of symbolic.

Matisse made the painting without any preparatory sketches and thus the painting bears many traces of modifications. What i dream of is an art of balance of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter he once. Oil on canvas 45 3 4 x 35 1 8 inches. The palm outside explodes in a sunburst against the black window frame and the vitality of its brushstrokes emphasise the energy of its light.

The fabric of dreams at the metropolitan museum of art in 2004 i was astonished to see the real egyptian curtain used in matisse s painting of the same name owned by the phillips collection. The music la musique is a painting made by henri matisse in 1910.