Bonheur De Vivre, Picasso's Les Demoiselles

Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre, Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, and Paul Cezanne’s The Bathers all depict scenes of nudes, but in very different ways. Matisse builds upon Cezanne’s use of color and form to depict his own interpretation of bathers while Picasso uses color in his depiction of a nude scene in a very different way. Paul Cezanne’s, Large Bathers, depicts a moment in time as impressionist’s were apt to convey with their work. However, the women shown are drawn abstractly. Their bodies almost blend into the landscape. The lines of their backs mimic the lines of what appear to be trees and the colors of the painting blend into one another. It appears as if this were painted during the evening and the pale blues greens and beiges all seem to convey some solemnity of the women depicted. (Harris & Zucker, 2016)

(Matisse, 1905) Bonheur de Vivre In Matisse’s Bonheur de Vivre, we see a painting of a very similar seen as that depicted in Cezanne’s Large Bathers, but this depiction is much freer in expression than that of Cezanne’s. This painting is ful of joy and action, from the bright colors to the loose brushwork, as well as the depiction of the people’s relationships with one another. Like Cezanne’s painting the …show more content…
These women are not bathers, they are most likely prostitutes. This is a cubist painting and the features of the women’s bodies are distorted as is the background. As you look at the painting Picasso’s use of color is very dark and conveys a bit of sadness. The viewer is no longer looking upon a scene of women bathing, but is being looked at by the women. In Cezanne’s Large Bathers he uses blues and whites to convey the water in the landscape and I found it interesting that Picasso chose to use blues and whites to depict the curtain one of the women is peering through. (Harris & Zucker,