Henri Matisse

the clearly Renaissance-inspired Reclining Nude. He then painted many nudes, vastly different than his previous works that focused on Parisian lifestyle. Overall, Renoir’s style and development of impressionism set a basis for later artists like Henri Matisse and Pablo…

Analysis of Trois Femmes A Piece by Picasso Pablo Picasso was known for not only his highly talented skills with a paintbrush, but also for going through what are own as his “Periods” which all feature very distinct characteristics in style and technique. Some of the more famous of his periods are Cubism and Surrealism which were known for being very abstract, Picasso himself said “The world today doesn 't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”, but this hardly covers all of his…

Both artists, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, were able to paint meaningful portraits or murals based off of their life. These two, who were once married, faced many different obstacles throughout their life and it only made their future better. Not only was it their past that made them better but their parents as well. Frida Kahlo, who died at the age of 47, lived an eventful life. She was born on July 6th, 1907, with her parents, Guillermo Kahlo and Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez also faced…

this great painting was exhibited in famous museums of modern art in New York until 1981. Over time he visited Paris, Picasso had moved as many artist called the city of the arts in 1904. In this city he met and shared with great artists such as Henri Matisse, who had a friendship with the master of French Fauvism. Inspired by amazing works such as Paul Cezanne, he developed together with George Braque and Juan Gris, the Cubism style. In this artistic movement, the issues are on the basic…

the natural world. One such artist was André Derain, who, in July 1905, left his home and studio in Paris to travel to the Catalan port of Collioure, where he spent the summer painting alongside other artists, including his friend and teacher Henri Matisse. Finding solace in their Mediterranean surroundings, the artists described themselves as ‘children in the face of nature,’…

The knowledge of arts is not built overnight; it is contributed by innumerable artists throughout many centuries. For example, artists from the 19th century to present-day, namely Wassily Kandisky, Piet Mondrian, Henri Matisse, individually played important roles in the expansion of the shared knowledge regarding abstract art. For that reason, it is comprehensible that shared knowledge develops our personal knowledge, but the relationship between shared and personal…

George Balanchine Russia's contribution to the great effervescence of ballet in the United States is complete and comprehensive. The master of this long alliance was undoubtedly George Balanchine, one of the greatest if not the greatest choreographer of the twentieth century. Born in St. Petersburg in 1904 in a family of artists from Georgia, Balanchine met ballet and music from the cradle. Trained at the School of Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg in the best classical tradition, Balanchine…

Throughout psychological healthcare, art and design-oriented fields, the alternative/holistic medicine industry, and the American economic market are the implementation of colors to promote a particular product or service. First introduced by ancient Egyptians in the sixth millennium BC, color has been utilized to capture one’s attention and to inspire emotions within the observer. Although a lack of scientific research exists, the research that is in existence supports color theory. It has…

Introduction The twentieth century’s art had a long and hard period of the development between the two World Wars. The early twentieth century started from the Fauvism movement that was led by Henri Matisse and his coloured way to define the reality. The avant-garde stream brought an art revolution that included Cubism and Dadaism. The Abstract Expressionism emerged in the U.S. after the chaos of the World War II. It became the first American movement that gained an international significance.…

Art throughout the world reflects new ideas of the time and preserves the past historically marking each new era. A shift in the way the world is organized is almost always immediately followed by a new perspective that changes the way people create and receive art. Art has endless capability to be felt, observed, and examined in new ways that reveal a story behind each piece that weaves another picture of life during that century. Exploring art movements not only reveals the history of the time…