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by Alexandria | 24 August 2019 · 8:51 am

Matisse, Fauvism and Expressionism

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse, 1869-1954
French painter, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor

Matisse is considered one of the most important and revolutionary artists in early 20th century art

Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves, 1900 pic.twitter.com/ScaOslXFej

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse’s early work was realistic. When he discovered the work of the Impressionists, like Van Gogh, his own work changed dramatically.

Self-Portrait in Studio, 1918 pic.twitter.com/RPkwCLaYQ7

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
After seeing the work of Impressionists, Matisse stopped studying classic artists and began to devote more time to contemporaneous artists.

Woman in a Violet Dress, Reading, 1898 pic.twitter.com/OzL4Pbry4K

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse’s brushstrokes became more obvious, giving an “impression” of what he was observing rather than the vigorous realism of his early work.

Nude in the Studio, 1899 pic.twitter.com/skivjGASEn

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse made little money with his early work, and he went into debt collecting paintings by fellow artists whom he admired.

Woman Reading, 1904 pic.twitter.com/ynCgMZ8WRC

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse began to abandon the traditional foreshortening of classical & realistic art, making the objects in his paintings seem flat.

Carmelina, 1908
(Matisse’s head is seen in mirror behind model, where her back is also displayed) pic.twitter.com/s8WM2rlOrX

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse and Picasso met and became lifelong friends. Some critics claim they were “rivals” in art, but that never seemed to affect their close friendship.

Luxury, Calm, and Beauty, 1904 pic.twitter.com/drW4eJSaDs

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse’s own work was clearly influenced by Picasso’s Cubism, as revealed in Matisse’s abandoning perspective in some of his paintings.

Open Window, 1905 pic.twitter.com/skQqaenGdE

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse’s bright, unmixed colors were a trademark of his early venture away from realism.

Woman with a Hat, 1905 pic.twitter.com/Gob8wNarGj

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse’s use of bold, almost savage brushstrokes and unrealistic colors was called “fauvism” after a critic called Matisse a “fauve” (wild animal) after viewing his work.

Portrait of Madame Matisse (also, The Green Line), 1905 pic.twitter.com/uQb1ixn0u7

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
The more Matisse’s work moved away from realism and Impressionism, the more famous he and his work became. His Blue Nude (1907) was considered startling because of the blue skin-tones as well as because of the female’s muscles. pic.twitter.com/w5abjhcPY2

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
One of Matisse’s most famous works is The Dessert (also, Harmony in Red, 1908) where both the table covering and wallpaper are red, distinguished only slightly from each other by a darker red line. pic.twitter.com/ry3DpxTUPz

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Critics seemed rather unimpressed with Matisse’s new way of painting, but art collectors were enthusiastic, as were his fellow painters.

The Pink Studio (Matisse’s studio), 1911 pic.twitter.com/YFktPGJGSm

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism

The Red Studio (Matisse’s studio, with several of his paintings and sculptures), 1911 pic.twitter.com/T3GsZjq9nW

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Blue and red were among Matisse’s favorite palettes.

Window in Tangier, 1911 pic.twitter.com/FgVaSZJI1v

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism

The Blue Window, 1913 pic.twitter.com/horhE0mj3G

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism

Interior with a Goldfish Bowl, 1914 pic.twitter.com/yHulGgD3V7

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Throughout his artistic career, Matisse painted women, nude and clothed, and many of his models can be found in several paintings.

Nude’s Back, 1918 pic.twitter.com/ExzciOvLoU

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism

Odalisque in Red Culottes, 1921 pic.twitter.com/MQkAMYL0bM

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse often made the background of his paintings as important as their figures, even if the figures were nudes.

Decorative Figure on an Ornamental Background, 1925 pic.twitter.com/ePPX3gOWyJ

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
As Matisse’s art became uniquely his, the figures became less representational and more dramatic. The Pink Nude (1935), for instance, could not even “fit” onto the painting’s canvas. pic.twitter.com/Ptt3PFNiee

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
“I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.” ~ Matisse

The Dream, 1935 pic.twitter.com/weAYcmMyu5

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

#ArtSaturday Matisse, Fauvism & Expressionism
Matisse is known primarily as a painter. In 1941, cancer surgery & chronic illness would confine him to bed or a wheelchair, preventing his painting: Matisse then created a new form of art.

Matisse & Minouche, one of his beloved cats pic.twitter.com/xGeqEQllnU

— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) August 24, 2019

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Scary Classic Paintings

#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), Hieronymous Bosch, 1480 pic.twitter.com/0G94k3JWRL

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Triptych of Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation (detail), Hans Memling, 1485 pic.twitter.com/q6xPH9PeAr

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
The Flaying of Marsyas, Titian, 1570 pic.twitter.com/kKhykMx7kD

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Judith Beheading Holofernes, Caravaggio, 1588 pic.twitter.com/mI7At7HaHE

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Medusa, Caravaggio, 1597 pic.twitter.com/IXY1FDT0QO

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
David with the Head of Goliath, Caravaggio, 1606 pic.twitter.com/hLDzofYrXM

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Massacre of the Innocents, Peter Paul Rubens, 1611-12 pic.twitter.com/uIo6ZkT5Ng

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Judith and Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620 pic.twitter.com/4cFRb4UJe5

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Saturn, Jupiter’s Father, Devours One of His Sons, Peter Paul Rubens, 1636 pic.twitter.com/LCSPy4W89u

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
The Temptation of St Anthony, Salvator Rosa, 1645 pic.twitter.com/kxLmqrFQ4c

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
The Nightmare, Henry Fuseli, 1781 pic.twitter.com/rUXSTUUjXc

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Severed Heads, Severed Arms and Legs (Anatomical Studies), Théodor Géricault 1818-1819 pic.twitter.com/TRRWjEGXn5

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
The Ghost of a Flea, William Blake, 1819 pic.twitter.com/8qimxyZg6Y

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Saturn Devouring His Son, Francisco Goya, 1819 pic.twitter.com/GzWIMSF5zo

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Untitled, Katsushika Hokusai, 1830 pic.twitter.com/eM3BV2cWD5

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Scary Spider, Odilon Redon, 1881 pic.twitter.com/EZlFCwYNBm

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
Head of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette, Vincent Van Gogh, 1886 pic.twitter.com/JOHsXvVQ03

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
The Scream, Edvard Munch, 1893 pic.twitter.com/RMWHLmDdRa

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#ArtSaturday Scary Classic Paintings, for Halloween
The Face of War, Salvador Dali, 1940 pic.twitter.com/23TYfqswee

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More Free Scary Stories

All these classic stories are in the public domain,
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(8-14 October 2018)

When Keawe meets a wealthy man who claims that his fortune came from an imp in a bottle who grants wishes to its owner, Keawe is desperate to buy it: will he regret his purchase?
The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson #Free Scary Stories @everywriter https://t.co/Q7PZQ3lAod pic.twitter.com/nwg7eD89ay

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An old soldier tells a couple about a monkey’s paw which grants its owner three wishes, and they are determined to have it for themselves.
The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/bLR76geeHH pic.twitter.com/sdjYrQ5tjJ

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 9, 2018

When Gregor Samsa wakes up, he seems to have too many arms & legs… too many legs, actually, and he seems to be some sort of insect: what will happen if his family finds out?
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/B9tlOODTq0 pic.twitter.com/nINIe0Szvu

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 10, 2018

Dr. Jekyll works all night in his laboratory, and the servants hear such strange cries, but when the cruel Mr. Hyde keeps showing up, they get truly scared.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/7RJsypsDbI pic.twitter.com/4FLUjEpa6W

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 11, 2018

Dorian Gray has everything a man could desire — youth, good looks, wealth — and he never seems to get a wrinkle or a grey hair: what is his terrible secret?
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/9qjwtddKov pic.twitter.com/I63dZWOlPU

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 12, 2018

When Captain Walton rescues Victor Frankenstein, Walton is horrified to hear the doctor’s story: has he really created a human being from corpses, and how did the Creature escape?
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley#Free Scary Storieshttps://t.co/kPCNmvcKNe pic.twitter.com/BE1C7z7nSg

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 13, 2018

The Old Farmer has visions of villagers going into the Wood of the Dead before they die, so he walks with them to calm their fear: who goes in tonight?
Wood of the Dead by Algernon Blackwood#Free Scary Stories @wikisource_en
Painting: Siesta by Van Goghhttps://t.co/y0Bc12aF8b pic.twitter.com/PrtlBTLssg

— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 14, 2018

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