Henri Matisse is often regarded as the foremost artist of his time, and was renowned for his abstract use of pure colour and calligraphic patterns.
Matisse was born in 1869 in Northern France. By 1891 he had abandoned his law degree and started to paint. In Paris, Matisse studied art briefly at the Académie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He embraced a new range of influences, abandoning the Impressionistic palette and establishing his own style with brilliant colour and fluid line. His subjects were primarily women, interiors, and still lifes.
From the early 1920s until 1939, Matisse divided his time between the South of France and Paris. While recuperating from two major operations in 1941 and 1942, he concentrated on a technique he had devised earlier, ‘papiers découpés’ (paper cutouts), which would prove hugely influential, and was one of the first painters to take an interest in “primitive” art. He died on November 3, 1954, in Nice.
We presented a collection of Matisse artworks, in collaboration with Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham.
We exhibited a collection of over 40 of his artworks. Some of the works that were exhibited are shown below. Please contact the gallery on 01189 481 610 or gallery@cavershampictureframer.co.uk for more information.
Original lithographs from the 1954 edition after Matisse’s cutouts. They are not later reproductions and are not to be confused with modern posters.
Study for a stained glass window.
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