Henri Matisse, celebrated as one of this century's greatest colorists, is also now recognized for the brilliant invention he brought to his sculptural compositions. Born in La Cateau-Cambrésis, in northern France, Matisse first studied law before taking up painting at the age of twenty-one, and in...
Henri E. Matisse's Harmony in Red, was painted towards the end of the Fauvist movement in 1908. The artwork is oil on canvas and is 180 x 220cm in size. A relatively short movement, Fauvism began around 1898 and ended in 1908. Artists of the movement included Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Raou...
Paintings such as Eduard Manets" Le Dejeuner Sur I"herbe are a clear example of modernism. ... Picassos" Les Demoiselles D"Arignon does violence to the human form by means of radical simplifications, arbitrary and harsh color combinations, and extreme distortions of human anatomy and proportions. ... The futurists, a group of Italian artists working 1909 to 1916 embraced all the glorified technology and mechanization and decried anything that had to do with tradition much like that of the Fauves. ...
Bauhaus - interdisciplinary school made up of merged Weimar schools of fine and applied arts; brought together many leading modern architects, artists, designers, and theatrical innovators, who worked as an effective, inspired team; with its stress on functionalism and good design for everyday life, attracted enthusiastic students from all over the world 20. les fauves - "the wild beasts"; a group of painters led by Henri Matisse (1869-1054) who's expressionism of an exhibition of work was so extreme that it shocked critics, who gave them the nickname 21. ...
