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Few artists in art history have had such a wide ranging impact on art and culture as the French painter Henri Matisse. His distinctly colourful style and often quite experimental works caught the attention of many collectors and critics and made him, alongside Picasso, one of the most well known and influential artist’s of the early 20th century.
Matisse’s work is quiet interesting in many regards but one I wish to draw attention to today is his constant pushing against paintings tendency to represent it’s subjects realistically. Inspired by the Impressionist and post impressionist painters who had sought new ways to paint reality before him Matisse would devise his own painting methods that went even further in a search of what he termed “an art of Balance Purity and Serenity”
This search would lead Matisse to create bright and colourful works that over the course of his career would push the boundaries of representation further than ever before in search of a deeper sense of beauty that he believed art could uncover in the world around us.
Today we’re going to discuss the artworks, processes and ideas of Matisse to try and understand what his art was all about. We’ll discuss his development as an artist, the ideas and methods behind his work and the impact they have had not just for Modern art but for our contemporary visual culture as well.
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Oh mate…. knocked out by your content. And your glottal stops. Great accent and delivery. Can't wait to tackle your back catalogue. L/s
Who are your fav painters?
Amazing video. I learnt so much 👌
Matisse is magical , he opens one's heart ❤
This is excellent!
I'm studying Matisse at the moment at art college. Enjoying delving into his World.
what books on Matisse could you suggest?
Can you do Renoir?
"Said he'd painted with his heart and his loins. Though I think he'd been better off using a brush."
muchas gracias -perfecto 🎈💚
What a fantastic video, taught me everything I wanted to know about Matisse.
This was such a brilliant discussion. I agree with previous commenters: it’s nice to explore his biography but unpacking the development of his work was a treat to follow along. Thanks for producing!
I’d say that Hockney was influenced by the Nice paintings. The style is similar. But of course that would be no surprise
Прекрасная работа. Я получила огромное удовольствие. Спасибо большое.
I’m glad you’ve added Matisse’s own words on how he feels about the color black. His view is like mine. Like when you mentioned the red dancing figures were more “primitive” I didn’t see it that way. The pale, “pink”skinned mock up gives that eerie vibe to me…! It’s all in a persons perspective lol
that was a very enjoyable and a palatable video. thank you
TURN AROUND, LET ME PISS ON YOUR BACK AND TELL YOU IT'S RAINING OUT
Are we ever going to see Henry Ossawa Tanner or Abbot Henderson Thyer maybe. That would be fun.
Whoever you are, your voice is spectacular. A very interesting documentary.
Hahaha well put "the nightmarish hell scape we now call the art market" 😂
Thank you so much for making this video! I have an art research project in which I have to analyze what the painter has done in their paintings and I couldn't find the exact information I was looking for. Thanks to your video, now I can 🙂
You can tell what his wife was thinking: "If he gives me a green face, I swear I'll divorce him!"
this sucks!
Gertrude STEIN (not pronounced STEEN!!!) but like a gold mine. Rhymes with MINE.
Very good study. However, the speaker's accent is at once disturbing and distracting.
this was a most excellent lecture my man, way better than the bbc documentary, i would recommend buying a better microphone and trying to record the audio in a closet to reduce the noise level… keep up the good work
Narrated by the world's most timid pirate.
William Adolphe Bouguereau..pronounced BOO-gher-oh
Good Lord!
If you’re going to go to all the trouble of making a video, at least be certain of the correct pronunciation of foreign words and names!
Gertrude STEEN?
3:04 :))
Fantastic. Development of Matisse as an artist to developing his own aporoach. I liked the explanation for the Snail. Everyone shd watch. Beautiful documentary .
My favorite artist.. big up Dali tho
Again an amazing and in-depth analysis – chapeau bas!
If you look at the art that covers the walls of the ride "It's a Small World" at Walt Disney World. You can't help to think that they were influenced by the later style of Matisse. You see some of the exact cut out shapes that Matisse used right there on the walls of the ride. Look especially at the last thing you see: The various signs wishing you good bye at the end. That display could have been designed by Matisse himself.
great content, thank you!!!!
These videos are treasures – and there is no competition. I recommend them as often as I can.
Fantastic!!!!
Saw the exibit of his work in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. It was amazing. Highly recommended
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