SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
Two influential artists, famous for works of still life; Willem Kalf and Henri Matisse are both considered masters of still life and highly regarded artists, however their artistic styles are of significant difference, both approaching still life with their own perspective and take.
Both artists depict still life, and both use oil paint on canvas as their medium. Their art making practises echo each other however their works depict very little similarity. While Kalf’s paintings aim to achieve the illusion of a third dimension and depict life in an exact replica onto canvas, Matisse aims to provoke emotion, using simplistic representations of life, manipulating planes to reflect his own perceptions and ideas.
Matisse ‘Gold Fish’ 1905 Willem Kalf ‘ Still life with Nautilus Cup’ 1662
Willem Kalf and Henri Matisse both known for oil painting, both known for still life. Both the artists are European and found significant success in their art - during and after their lifetime. Neither artist came from a significant or particularly wealthy family,
The Egyptian Curtain', 1948 and both moved to Paris to become students of art. While similarities can be found between these artists; they lived in different periods and were involved in …show more content…
Willem ensures the composition is balanced, allowing the eye to order and observe the entire image. However, Matisse manipulates colour in a considerably different way, using blocks of colour, often unmixed of straight out of a paint tube. Matisse’s use of more saturated colours, decreases the realism of the subject, helping to achieve the two-dimensional, flat image he is most recognised for, demonstrated in the 1948 painting, ‘The Egyptian Curtain. Matisse also employs complimentary and unnatural colours, neither of which appear regularly or prominently in Kalf’s
Two influential artists, famous for works of still life; Willem Kalf and Henri Matisse are both considered masters of still life and highly regarded artists, however their artistic styles are of significant difference, both approaching still life with their own perspective and take.
Both artists depict still life, and both use oil paint on canvas as their medium. Their art making practises echo each other however their works depict very little similarity. While Kalf’s paintings aim to achieve the illusion of a third dimension and depict life in an exact replica onto canvas, Matisse aims to provoke emotion, using simplistic representations of life, manipulating planes to reflect his own perceptions and ideas.
Matisse ‘Gold Fish’ 1905 Willem Kalf ‘ Still life with Nautilus Cup’ 1662
Willem Kalf and Henri Matisse both known for oil painting, both known for still life. Both the artists are European and found significant success in their art - during and after their lifetime. Neither artist came from a significant or particularly wealthy family,
The Egyptian Curtain', 1948 and both moved to Paris to become students of art. While similarities can be found between these artists; they lived in different periods and were involved in …show more content…
Willem ensures the composition is balanced, allowing the eye to order and observe the entire image. However, Matisse manipulates colour in a considerably different way, using blocks of colour, often unmixed of straight out of a paint tube. Matisse’s use of more saturated colours, decreases the realism of the subject, helping to achieve the two-dimensional, flat image he is most recognised for, demonstrated in the 1948 painting, ‘The Egyptian Curtain. Matisse also employs complimentary and unnatural colours, neither of which appear regularly or prominently in Kalf’s