In Woman in a Purple Coat (1937), Matisse painted his assistant and companion, reclining in a Moroccan costume, set in an interior with exotic patterns and abstract ornamentation. He has avoided straight lines in this composition, however the colours clash in such a way that the image still works. He uses colour and light to rejoice in life. This was amongst the last of Matisse’s oil paintings. He soon began making paper cut-out collages instead of working in paint, due to ill health.
The French artist we now know as Henri Matisse did not originally intend to be an artist. He actually studied to become a lawyer! However, in 1889 he suffered a period of illness due to appendicitis. His mother bought him some art materials, to ‘pass …show more content…
• A printed copy of the painting (from the Internet). Your printed copy must be labelled with artist, title, date, materials and sizes.
• An accurately drawn pencil copy (to fill about half of a workbook page). Do not trace the image! A well observed drawing with minor errors is far better than a simple tracing!
WRITTEN WORK (use art vocabulary):
• Context. Give background information (your own words) about Matisse (keep it quite brief). What is Woman in a Purple Coat about? What else do you know about the art work (from research)? Were Matisse’s methods part of any particular art movement (or style), and if so which (explain)? What other things might have influenced Matisse?
• An analysis of the art work in depth. You have previously been issued with Word Banks to help you in this activity. Use them!
CONTENT: what can you see (give a detailed description)?
FORM: explain how the artist used line, shape, colour, textures, tones, patterns or materials. What effects do these have? Describe the composition - how is the work arranged?
PROCESS: what is it made from and how is it made?
MOOD: what is the mood, feeling or emotion?
The French artist we now know as Henri Matisse did not originally intend to be an artist. He actually studied to become a lawyer! However, in 1889 he suffered a period of illness due to appendicitis. His mother bought him some art materials, to ‘pass …show more content…
• A printed copy of the painting (from the Internet). Your printed copy must be labelled with artist, title, date, materials and sizes.
• An accurately drawn pencil copy (to fill about half of a workbook page). Do not trace the image! A well observed drawing with minor errors is far better than a simple tracing!
WRITTEN WORK (use art vocabulary):
• Context. Give background information (your own words) about Matisse (keep it quite brief). What is Woman in a Purple Coat about? What else do you know about the art work (from research)? Were Matisse’s methods part of any particular art movement (or style), and if so which (explain)? What other things might have influenced Matisse?
• An analysis of the art work in depth. You have previously been issued with Word Banks to help you in this activity. Use them!
CONTENT: what can you see (give a detailed description)?
FORM: explain how the artist used line, shape, colour, textures, tones, patterns or materials. What effects do these have? Describe the composition - how is the work arranged?
PROCESS: what is it made from and how is it made?
MOOD: what is the mood, feeling or emotion?