Matisse And Vincent Van Gogh

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If you would pick two of the most well-known artists in recent history, surely the names Matisse and Vincent van Gogh would make the list. Both of these artists are well-known for their style, technique and use of color. However they couldn’t be more different when it comes to some of their paintings, such as Vincent van Gogh’s The Bedroom and Matisses The Red Studio. There is a vanishing points in order to portray a specific perspective on the audience, is done so for two very different means. For van Gogh for instance the vanishing points in his painting are centered on the side and give the painting a uneasy sense of depth. His lines are jaded and an even giving the painting a sense of the restlessness, perhaps this is a glimpse into van …show more content…
Although he too uses his vanishing points to create a new perspective for the viewer. He does sell in a much more playful way to get the sense of almost fine environment is painting as opposed to much more confined space such as van Gogh’s. l uses many straight lines they are done in a very erratic way, almost reminiscent of a child. I feel like this adds to the playful feeling of the painting. Additionally, his use of color is also much different from van Gogh’s where van Gogh used a plethora of pastels and light colors, Matisse used a lot of bold and in some cases dark colors. However, much like van Gogh’s painting which used what would normally be peaceful color scheme and created a very dark image. Matisse used what would normally be very angry and aggressive color scheme and created a virtual playroom in his painting. Part of this again does the technique, Matisse saw this room as a place to relax and let artistic energies flow and so to him it was a place of peace and a place of fun. He allowed this to come through in his painting by incorporating small aspects of himself in the painting, such as the crayons on the table in the portrait of his statue6 on the school to the back right of the photo. At the end of the day both artists were unique in their use of lines, color, vanishing points and technique. They took the norm and they twisted it into what they saw and how they perceive the

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