Ravished by Matisse
©kMadisonMooreMkM
11 x 14 inches
Art within Art Series
SOLD
I know I just painted a Matisse for my Art within Art Series but his work fits so well with what
I am doing with this series that I decided that there will be several renditions from certain artists that I
feel are great for this series such as Matisse, Picasso and Kandinsky.
I love all the brilliant colors and shapes these artists use in their works.
The flooring is a small clip from one of Matisses paintings as well as the wall, the wall painting, the flowers, table top and of course the painting on the table is Matisse. I wanted to use a cat in this composition so in my searches did find that Matisse did a cat painting. I thought it was so funny so I added it for humor in the right lower corner. His imagination and use of color and cutout shapes always amazed me. Nothing ever seems in proportion yet is so appealing and fun to paint.
Enjoy
Henri Matisse 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French Artist, known for his use of color and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.
Around 1904 he met Pablo Picasso, who was 12 years younger than he. The two became life-long friends as well as rivals and are often compared; one key difference between them is that Matisse drew and painted from nature, while Picasso was much more inclined to work from imagination.
In 1951 Matisse finished a four-year project of designing the interior, the glass windows and the decorations of the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, , often referred to as the Matisse Chapel. This project was the result of the close friendship between Matisse and Sister Jacques-Marie.[He had hired her as a nurse and model in 1941 before she became a Dominican Nun and they met again in Vence and started the collaboration, a story related in her 1992 book Henri Matisse: La Chapelle de Vence and in the 2003 documentary "A Model for Matisse".
He established a museum dedicated to his work in 1952, in his birthplace city, and this museum is now the third-largest collection of Matisse works in France.
Matisse died of a heart attack at the age of 84 in 1954. He is interred in the cemetery of the Monastère Notre Dame de Cimiez, near Nice.
I would sell the Matisse, and keep your Matisse-Festival, K(ey) Madison;-)
ReplyDeleteWOW Rudy! What a great compliment! I fee honored!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. M:)