Matisse - A Touch of Red

©kMadisonMooreMkM2011

12 x 16

Oil Painting on Canvas

Art within Art Series

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I found it very interesting that with all the brilliant

colors that Matisse used that he actually did several

paintings in black and white. So.... here are six

of them in this composition. Of course I could not resist

adding the red flowers to each one and a touch of red 

here and there, to, as they say, kick it up a notch!

Not to mention that it is my signature color.

Matisse never worried about perspective andhis

 tables the tops are turned up so you can see the items

on the tables. I think I managed to pull that off here with 

the checked table.

Another fun painting to ad to my Art within Art Series

Enjoy!

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Henri Matisse is considered the most important French artist of the 20th century and, along with Pablo Oicasso, one of the most influential modernist painters of the last century. Matisse began studying drawing and painting in the 1890s. A student of the masters of Post-Impressionism, Matisse later made a reputation for himself as the leader of a group of painters known as Les Fauves. An ironic label given to them by a critic (it means "wild beasts"), the name reflected Matisse's aggressive strokes and bold use of primary colors. In 1905 Matisse gained sudden fame with three paintings, including Woman with the Hat, purchased by the wealthy American ex-patriot Gertrude Stein . Beyond painting, he worked with lithographs and sculpture, and during World War II he did a series of book designs. Later in his career he experimented with paper cutouts and designed decorations for the Dominican chapel in Vence, France. Along with Picasso, Matisse was considered one of the world's greatest living painters throughout his life. His other works include "The Dance" (1910), "Red Fish" (1911) and "The Moroccan in Green" (1913).

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