http://www.theartstory.org/artist-matisse-henri.htm
Henry Matisse used pure white and exposed canvas to give his paintings a light filed atmosphere in his Fauve paintings.
Rather than shade, he used contrasting pure colors.
Although his painting style is devoted to pleasure and contentment, his art contains disorienting and unsettling color patterns.
Painting, drawing, sculptures, paper cutout.
Still lifes, landscapes.
repetition of form, human or abstract form.
French painting.
Japanese prints, african and asian themes.
modern art.
Fauve (wild beasts)
Henry Matisse used pure white and exposed canvas to give his paintings a light filed atmosphere in his Fauve paintings.
Rather than shade, he used contrasting pure colors.
Although his painting style is devoted to pleasure and contentment, his art contains disorienting and unsettling color patterns.
Painting, drawing, sculptures, paper cutout.
Still lifes, landscapes.
repetition of form, human or abstract form.
French painting.
Japanese prints, african and asian themes.
modern art.
Fauve (wild beasts)