Transcript Henri Matisse

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 Henri Matisse was born in Le Cateau, France December 31st 1869
 His family worked in the grain business. As a young man Matisse
worked as a legal clerk and then studied for a law degree in Paris in
1887-89.
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In 1898 he married Amélie Parayre, with whom he would have three
children.
 When he was 21, he fell ill with appendicitis and was given a paint set
by his mother who encouraged him to listen to his emotions with art
rather than the rules.
 Over a six-decade career he worked in all media, from painting to
sculpture to printmaking. Although his subjects were traditional—
nudes, figures in landscapes, portraits, interior views—his
revolutionary use of brilliant color and exaggerated form to express
emotion made him one of the most influential artists of the 20th
century.
 In one of his final projects, Matisse created an entire program of
decorations for the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence (1948-51), a town
near Nice, designing stained-glass windows, murals, furnishings, and
even sacred vestments for the church’s priests.
 In 1954 Matisse died of a heart attack at the age of 84
Self Portrait
Ink on paper 1900
The Swan
Etching 1931-1932
Face of a Woman
1935
The Asian
Charcoal on paper
1939
Pot de Begonie
1941-1942
Flowers
Pen, ink, and watercolor
1945
Interior with a Window
and Palm Tree
Brush and Ink 1948
Face (Claudie)
Charcoal on paper
1949
Face
Charcoal on paper 1946
Bather with Leaves
Charcoal on paper
1942
Experimentation with cut-outs
offered Matisse innumerable
opportunities to fashion a new,
aesthetically pleasing
environment (He called this
“painting with scissors.”) "
La Gerbe 1953 , multicolored leaves that resemble a spray of flowers, was
completed a few months before his death, but it explodes with life. The artist
who almost reinvented color in painting had by now found freedom in the
simplicity of decoration. "I have the mastery of it,"