tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post5159912596095830675..comments2024-03-28T10:37:38.851-11:00Comments on Intelliblog: MATISSE AND FAUVISMIntellibloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-17534357997946659382010-09-28T02:08:14.524-11:002010-09-28T02:08:14.524-11:00Thank you for the reminder about the definition of...Thank you for the reminder about the definition of fauve painting. Or even that this very short movement existed. You remember the Impressionist movement and forget this little side channel that did contribute a lot to later art movements.<br /><br />I can certainly see its effects on what is now termed the southwest visionary style.<br /><br />I found myself also rather surprised that he died within my lifetime. Guess I am getting old.JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-7482531721738573442010-09-27T18:19:10.057-11:002010-09-27T18:19:10.057-11:00I adore the colours of this! The dancing circle is...I adore the colours of this! The dancing circle is something that Matisse has painted again and again...Penthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226869141298079186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-30292285013395664152010-09-26T15:25:21.106-11:002010-09-26T15:25:21.106-11:00Hello Hels, the original is in the USA: Barnes Fou...Hello Hels, the original is in the USA: Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA<br />You are right it is very large: 175 x 241 cm<br /><br />Finding an original way of expressing oneself is something that an artist will have to resolve in his/her own way sooner rather than later if he/she is to make a mark. It will determine whether that artist will be remembered or forgotten, ultimately. It is that personal language that Matisse was referring to and which makes a particular artist's work immediately recognisable.Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-18066263939910656112010-09-26T12:19:02.428-11:002010-09-26T12:19:02.428-11:00Where is The Joy of Life? I would love to have a g...Where is The Joy of Life? I would love to have a good look at what must be a very large painting.<br /><br />"An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language." The words _possess_ and _mastery_ reflect a gigantic change from the thinking of the Romantics, don't they? <br /><br />I wonder if Matisse truly believed that he and other artists would truly be able to express themselves as perfectly as they hoped. After all, there was a great deal of boozing, drugs and bad women going on in art circles.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com