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Discover the bold and expressive use of color in Fauvism and Cubism by artists like Matisse and Picasso from 1905 to 1914. Explore liberating color and form in space, with vibrant paintings that challenge tradition. Witness the avant-garde movement that transformed art forever.
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Toward Abstraction: The Modernist Revolution 1905 – 1914 ‘The Avant Garde’ Matisse Picasso Liberating color Liberating form in space Fauvism Cubism
Fauvism ‘C'est Donatello dans la cage aux fauves!’-- Louis Vauxcelles, Salon d'Automne, 1905. expressive use of color bold fragmented application of color color as emotion pure, brilliant color, applied straight from the paint tubes in an aggressive, direct manner to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas.
André Dérain long strokes of pure color “sticks of dynamite” “deliberate disharmonies” Mountains at Collioure, 1905, o/c, 32 x 39”
Derain, Charing Cross, 1906 Derain, London Bridge, 1906
Henri Matisse 1869-1951 “I hear colors sing” “When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.” "Fauve painting is not everything, but it is the foundation of everything."
Henri Matisse Woman with a Hat, autumn 1905 Oil on canvas; 31 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.
Matisse Portrait of Madame Matisse/The Green Stripe 1905 Oil and tempera on canvas 15 x 12”
Matisse, Bonheur de Vivre, 1905 Poussin, Bacchanalia, 1630
Matisse, Bonheur de Vivre, 1905 Ingres, Turkish Bath, 1862
Matisse, Bonheur de Vivre, 1905 Ingres, Golden Age, 1862
Matisse Blue Nude/Souvenir of Biskra 1907 36 1/4 x 55 1/8 in. (92.1 x 140.1 cm) Scenes and Types: Reclining Odalisque 1910-1930
Vlaminck, Reclining Nude, 1906 Matisse, Blue Nude, Souvenir of Biskra, 1907
Henri Matisse Reclining Nude I (Aurora) 1907 bronze; 13 9/16 x 19 5/8 x 11 in
Fluid line Flat color Curvilinear (arabesques) Biomorphic forms Matisse Harmony in Red, 1908, 69 x 85”
Matisse, The Dinner Table, 1896 Matisse, Harmony in Red, 1908
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Matisse's Bathers with a Turtle (1908)
Henri Matisse. The Piano Lesson. 1916. Oil on canvas 8' 1/2" x 6' 11 3/4"