Intro to Modern Art History
Matisse, Henri - The Moroccans (1916)
Paris, 1916. The Great War tore the world apart. Matisse wasn’t painting sunshine. He needed to glue pieces back together....
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@Matisse, Henri - The Joy of Life (1905)
Matisse didn't just paint a landscape. He torched it. In 1905 Paris, grey reality was choking everything. He responded with...
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Matisse, Henri - Icarus (1943)
Matisse was dying in 1943. War screamed outside his window. Trapped in bed, he couldn’t paint. So he grabbed scissors....
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Matisse, Henri - The Green Stripe (1905)
Matisse didn't paint his wife for a pretty picture. He painted her to scream against the old world's lies. The...
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Matisse, Henri - The Goldfish (1912)
Matisse saw the world getting louder. He went to Morocco. There, people found calm staring into goldfish bowls. He brought...
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Matisse, Henri - The Dessert Harmony in Red (1893)
Henri Matisse didn’t play by the rules. He slapped blood-bright crimson over a calm blue canvas, creating The Dessert Harmony...
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Matisse, Henri - Dance (II) (1910)
Matisse wasn't trying to be polite. He dumped red paint on a canvas in 1910. Critics at the Salon d'Automne...
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Marquet, Albert - Sergeant of the Colonial Regi...
Marquet painted the red jacket of a sergeant as a weapon. He didn't love the military. Paris in 1906 saw...
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Marquet, Albert - Quai des Grands-Augustins (1905)
In 1905, Paris burned with color. Wild beasts slashed neon oranges and electric blues. Albert Marquet chose grey instead. From...
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Friesz, Othon - Landscape at La Ciotat (1907)
Friesz didn't paint pretty pictures. He went to La Ciotat to burn his eyes out under the Mediterranean sun. He...
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