Now I Shall Present You @ Sunday, 29 January 2012
HENRI MATISSE as my reference artist!
His full name is Henri Emile Bonoit Matisse.
Borned in the year of 1869, December 31 at Le Cateau Cambresis, Nord.
He passed away in the year of 1954, November 3 at the age of 84 in Nice, Alpes Maritimes.
Nationality? French
His famous movement is Fauvism but he is also involved in modernism and impressionism.
He was the leader of young rebel artists who bought the modern art movement into being in Paris in the early 1900s.
Master of of color, a supreme draftsman who imbued a relatively small range of subject matter with constant variety.
Henri Matisse's style was unique. His favorite subjects were human figures, still life, and scenes of interiors.
He does not only paint but also made paper cutouts where he would cut out shapes of different shapes and put all of them together to make a wonderful looking art piece.
His superbly simple line drawings rank among the greatest works of art of the 20th century.
Besides that he loved patterns within patterns that is not only the suave and decorative forms of his own compositions but also the reproduction of tapestries, embroideries, silks, striped awnings, curlicues, mottles, dots and spots.
Henri Matisse also worked with large levels of primary colors which created an impression of light and space.
He is the master of simplifying colors and lines more than reflecting the object. As he is part of the Fauves, his colors were pure colors. They could achieve greater effect by using pure colors and the effect of the light in the painting was more beautiful.
Henri Matisse once said :
"An artist has to look at life without prejudices, as he did when he was a child," he wrote. "If he loses that faculty, he cannot express himself in an original, that is, in a personal way."
The reason why I adore Henrri Matisse's work is because of his style of work.
The bold colors, the lines and the way he expresses his artwork.
This actually links to my love for bright and bold colors!
Have fun going through his artworks
Have fun going through his artworks
Elements of design
Line: Straight lines, horizontal and vertical
Shape: Rectangular
Value: Yes
Color: Non Saturated
Texture: Smooth
Alignment & Proportion: well aligned and well proportioned.
Principles of design
Balance: The art have a good balance for both color and alignment
Repetition: Has repetition but with different sizes
Scale: Yes
Unity: Shows a smooth combination among the colors and pieces.
Elements of design
Line: Straight lines, horizontal and vertical
Shape: Rectangular, Squares
Value: Yes
Color: Saturated for the whole painting
Texture: Rough but still consist a little smooth on the sides
Alignment & Proportion: well aligned on the sides but not in the middle.
Principles of design
Balance: Exist for both colors and alignments
Proximity: The window is neared
Repetition: have a little of it but not used throughout the art
Scale: Yes
Unity: well combined for colors as well as flow of the picture.
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