1944
Whether working as a draftsman, a sculptor, a printmaker or a painter, Henri Matisse was a master of color. Although classically trained at the Académie Julian, in Paris, he quickly abandoned traditional techniques and genres to pioneer a style all his own, marked by quick, gestural strokes and fluid contours.
Along with fellow painter André Derain, Matisse was the leading proponent of Fauvism, a movement whose name is derived from the French word for "wild beast.” Marked by vibrant hues, Fauvist paintings like Matisse’s famous 1906 composition Le Bonheur de vivre use wild, active brushstrokes and a palette unconstrained by nature, resulting in women with purple skin and trees with orange leaves. Often, these compositions unite pure color with the white of exposed canvas to create a sense of transparency and light.
In addition to masterful landscapes and still lifes, Matisse loved to paint erotic subjects, particularly the female nude. Rejecting strict realism, he distilled the form into its essential parts and then translated these into voluptuous, rounded contours. With its striking colors and sculptural modeling of the figure, Odalisque couchée aux magnolias is among Matisse’s most famous works — and the most expensive work of his ever sold — depicting Henriette Darricarrère, his muse and favorite model for around seven years, lounging luxuriously in his Nice studio. In pictures like the lithograph Nu Bleu, he explored the expressive power of a body in motion by placing his figures in twisted or contorted poses, transforming their limbs into tangles of color and shape that push figure painting toward abstraction.
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Plate 6: Mais Soudain le Soleil, Secouant sa Criniere, from Pasiphae
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 6: Mais Soudain le Soleil, Secouant sa Criniere (But Suddenly the Sun, Shaking its Mane) Portfolio: Pasiphae Medium: Linocut on Arches vellum Year:...
Linocut
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Henri Matisse, Theme L 4, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme L 4 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 10.04 x 13.15 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publishe...
Collotype Print
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Henri Matisse, Theme L 1, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme L 1 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 10.04 x 13.15 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publishe...
Collotype Print
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H 13.15 in W 10.04 in
Henri Matisse, Theme N 1, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme N 1 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 13.15 x 10.04 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publishe...
Collotype Print
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H 13.15 in W 10.04 in
Henri Matisse, Theme L 15, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme L 15 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 13.15 x 10.04 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publish...
Collotype Print
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Henri Matisse, Theme L 14, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme L 14 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 13.15 x 10.04 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publish...
Collotype Print
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H 10.04 in W 13.15 in
Henri Matisse, Theme C 1, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme C 1 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 10.04 x 13.15 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publishe...
Collotype Print
Etude Pour le Livre "La Religieuse Portugaise"
By Henri Matisse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Henri Matisse Etude Pour le Livre "La Religieuse Portugaise" Original lithograph in colors on paper Mourlout Souvenirs de Portraits d'Artistes 1972
Lithograph
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Henri Matisse, Theme F 1, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme F 1 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 10.04 x 13.15 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publishe...
Collotype Print
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H 13.15 in W 10.04 in
Henri Matisse, Theme L 10, from Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Theme L 10 Year: February 7, 1943 Medium: Collotype on vélin pur fil paper Size: 13.15 x 10.04 inches Condition: Very good Inscription: Signed in the plate, unnumbered Publish...
Collotype Print
