Henri Matisse (1869-1954) (after) - Le Buisson...

Lithograph after Henri Matisse (*) Luxury edition on high-grammage cotton Vellum paper (300gsm) Signed on the plate. Matisse Succession seal on the back of the sheet. Large format Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA). Specifications: - Support dimensions: 85 x 68 cm - Year: 1994 - Edition: 1000 ex. - Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been stored in a professional art folder, thus offered in perfect condition). The work will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard. The shipment will be certified with a tracking number (UPS / DPD / DHL / FedEx) The shipment will also include full insurance for the final value of the work, 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 Julian Academy (1891-1892). He enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1892 and joined Gustave Moreau's studio. The landscapes and still lifes he painted in that period are of a classical style, yet color is given preeminent importance. 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 true leader of the Fauvism movement, which caused such a scandal; the artist applies vivid, flat colors on the canvas that convey the intensity of his emotions, simplifies forms and contours them with a black line. Trips to sunny countries (Corsica, the south of France, Algeria, Spain, Tahiti…) confirm his tendency to privilege color. Matisse painted landscapes, portraits, and still lifes with figures. In 1907, the artist opened a painting school, the Matisse Academy, 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, nudes. His free treatment of color and form caused a scandal at the Armory Show, in which he participated in 1913. After World War I, Matisse devoted himself to the representation of female figures, odalisques who posed for him in settings of iridescent colors, with arabesque and flower motifs. Matisse settled in Nice in 1921, where he remained until the end of his life. Matisse drew series, engraved, illustrated, created frescos, designed stage décors and costumes, bust models and female nudes, painted, and entered a new phase of experimentation from 1947: cutting and pasting 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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