Woman with a Hat, 1905. Oil on canvas.*"It is necessary that the various marks I use be balanced so that they do not destroy each other... the relationship between the tones must be such that it will sustain... I am forced to intrepret nature and submit to it the spirit of the picture. From the relationship I have found in all the tones there must result a living harmony of colors, a harmony analogous to a musical composition." I suppose I can see a sort of balance in Woman with a Hat, but I can't imagine what a piece of music inspired by it might sound like. I think there might be a snarfplat solo, though. {You know, the seaweed stuffed pipe the seagull "plays" in Little Mermaid.} I can see the balance and harmony idea represented in a work he creates 3 years later- maybe he just needed some more practice.
Harmony in Red, 1908. Oil on canvas.*
PS: Happy World Biodiversity Day!
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After reading this, I started to browse through some of Matisse's works. I had never heard about him until this blog, and going through his pieces I see I've missed out on an amazingly insightful artist. The best part about Matisse's art is that he can use basic shapes to convey ideas. An artist needs to know how critical space usage, color (not necessarily "real life" colors as in Matisse's case), and directed perception (the degree the art piece should be viewed, or center focus of the concept) is to expressing the raw thoughts and emotions in their masterpieces. Matisse's creativity and limitless expression blows me away. Good choice on artist. I'm enjoying your blog and insights on these genii and look forward to who's up next.
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