Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

Offset lithograph after Henri Matisse (*) Reproduction of the work “Nu Bleu II”, created by Matisse in 1952, and belonging to the collection of the Centre National d’Art Georges Pompidou. Print authorized by the Matisse Estate. Published by SIAE Signed on the plate. Specifications: - Support dimensions: 60 x 45 cm - Year: 1999 - Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, thus it remains in perfect condition). The work will be carefully handled and packed in a reinforced flat cardboard package. The shipment will be tracked with a tracking number. The shipment will also include full insurance for the final value of the artwork 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 Académie Julian (1891-1892). He enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1892 and joined Gustave Moreau's workshop. The landscapes and still lifes he painted at that period are of a classical style, yet color assumes a predominantly important role. 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 headed the Fauvism movement that caused such a scandal; the artist applies bright, flat colors on the canvas that express the intensity of his emotions, simplifies forms, and outlines them with a black line. His travels to sunny countries (Corsica, southern France, Algeria, Spain, Tahiti…) confirm his tendency to privilege color. Matisse painted landscapes, portraits, and compositions with figures. In 1907, the artist opened a painting school, the Académie Matisse, in his Paris studio. In 1910 he published “Notes of a Painter” in which he states: “what I pursue above all is expression.” The arabesque is among the motifs of this expression around 1910. He painted interiors, studios, and nudes. His free treatment of color and form provoked scandal at the Armory Show in which he participated in 1913. After the First World War, Matisse devoted himself to representing female figures, odalisques who posed for him in sets of iridescent colors, with arabesque and flower motifs. Matisse settled in Nice in 1921, where he would live until the end of his life. Matisse drew series, etched, illustrated, created frescoes, designed theater sets and costumes, bust models and female nudes, painted and entered a new phase of experimentation from 1947: he cut and pasted papers enhanced 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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