Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Offset poster after Henri Matisse (*) Reproduction of the work “Mille et Une Nuits”, a work created by Matisse in 1952, Authorized printing by the Matisse Estate. Signed on the plate. Specifications: - Support dimensions: 50 x 100 cm - Year: 2006 - Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, and is offered in perfect condition). The work will be carefully handled and packed in a reinforced flat cardboard package. The shipment will be certified with a tracking number. The shipment will also include full insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer. (*) Henri Matisse was born in 1869 in Cateau-Cambresis (France). As Pierre Bonnard did, Matisse studied Law. He began painting in 1890 and attended classes at the Julian Academy (1891-1892). He enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1892 and joined Gustave Moreau's studio. The landscapes and still lifes he painted in that period are of classical style while giving color a preeminent importance. His first solo exhibition took place in 1904. The year before, Matisse had co-founded the Salon d'Automne and was an integral part of the group “La cage aux fauves” in 1905. Matisse is the one who truly leads the Fauvism movement, which caused such a scandal; the artist applies bright, flat colors on the canvas that translate the intensity of his emotions, simplifies the forms and contours them with a black line. Travels to sunny countries (Corsica, the south of France, Algeria, Spain, Tahiti…) confirm his inclination to privilege color. Matisse paints landscapes, portraits, and still lifes with figures. In 1907, the artist opened a painting school, the Academy Matisse, in his own Paris studio. In 1910 he published “Notes of a Painter” in which he states: “what I seek above all is expression.” The arabesque is among the motifs of this expression around 1910. He paints interiors, workshops, nudes. His free treatment of color and form provoked scandal at the Armory Show in which he participated in 1913. After World War I, Matisse devoted himself to the representation of female figures, odalisques posing for him in sets of iridescent colors, with arabesque and floral motifs. Matisse settled in Nice in 1921 where he would continue living until the end of his life. Matisse drew series, engraved, illustrated, created frescoes, designed theater sets and costumes, bust models and female nudes, painted and entered a new phase of experimentation from 1947: cutting and pasting papers reinforced with gouache; the artist’s work became more abstract. Matisse created the album “Jazz” in 1947 and another series of “Interiors” following the same scheme. Matisse died in Nice in 1954."

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