Henri Matisse “Expression, for me, does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive; the place occupied by the figures, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything has its share.” – Henri Matisse, 1908, Notes of a Painter 1906, Copenhagen

Early Career and Influences Born in Cateau –Cambresis Northern France to parents who were shopkeepers Trained in Law and worked as a clerk in a law firm from while taking courses in tapestry and textile design Abandoned law to the disapproval of his parents in 1891 to devote himself to art Enrolled in Bourguereau’s class at Academie Julien His daughter Marguerite was born to Caroline Joblaud 1895 Spotted by Gustave Moreau and invited to join his course at Ecole Des Beaux Arts Still life with Books First painting 1890 Wm. Bourguereau Work Interrupted 1891

Gustave Moreau Symbolist painter Jupiter and Semele

Early Career and Influences 1897 first saw Impressionist paintings at the exhibition of the Caillebotte bequest 1898 married Amelie Parayre, honeymooned in London where he saw Turner works first sight of Signc’s work and that of Neo Impressionists Visited Corsica and South of France, influenced by dazzling light 1899 Birth of son Jean Purchased work by Van Gogh and Cezanne Afternoon at the Grande Jatte Georges Seurat The Jetty at Cassis Paul Signac 1889

Paul Cezanne Three Bathers Purchased by Matisse because “The proportion of the hand of the walking woman with respect to the composition as a whole”

Early Work “ I put figures in my still life” The Dinner Table

Early Work Fruit and Coffeepot (1898), Dishes and Fruit (1901),

Early Work Fruit and Coffeepot (1898), Dishes and Fruit (1901),

Signac’s Influence in St Tropez Luxe, Calme et VoluptéLuxe, Calme et Volupté, 1904 The Gulf at St Tropez 1904

With Andre Derain in Collioure Fauvism- “ Wild animals with pure orgy of colour” Woman with a HatWoman with a Hat, “ to paint a human face as though it were a wild jarring patchwork of distinct yet equally intense compartments of colour” Open window at CollioureOpen window at Collioure, 1905 « The atmosphere of the landscape and my room are one and the same »

“Fauvism was a brief period during which we thought it necessary to exalt all colours together and sacrifice none of them” View of Collioure,1905

A north African Venus Blue Nude; In memory of Biskra, 1907 Two Women,1907 Combines the way women are treated in African and classical sculpture

Picasso and Matisse Met around 1905 and were lifelong friends and rivals. Matisse introduced Picasso to the art of Africa. Matisse was Pablo Picasso's senior by twelve years, and the two men could not have been more different. Reserved and dignified, Matisse was the image of respectability. Aggressive and egotistical, Picasso considered himself superior to every person he ever met. Nude with raised arms, Picasso, 1907

Matisse responds to Picasso Bathers with a Turtle, 1908 Bathers with a Turtle 1908 Matisse countered Picasso’s Cezanne inspired Cubism with these monumental compositions that stress harmonious,expressive body movement Le Luxe, Decorative interpretation of Cezanne through Gauguin

Love of Decoration Harmony in Red, 1908The Red Studio, 1911 “By late 1907 Matisse’s work showed conflicting tendencies ; on the one hand, a decorative style with unmodulated fields of brilliant colour; on the other, a virtually achromatic, volumetric approach”

Dance and Music 1909 Painted for Sergey Ivanovich Shchukin a Russian collector of Matisse’s work Rejected at first because of their critical reception but later accepted

Bathers by a River “anxieties induced by impending war”

Sculpture Night Michelangelo Marble, Large seated Nude Matisse Bronze

“ Painting as a source of undisturbed pleasure” Reclining Odalisque 1927 The Moorish screen 1921

Barnes Commission Dance 1931 (Mural)

Paper Cut Outs “ Matisse's flat, abstracted forms and large areas of pure colour marked an important change in the direction of his later work ” Icarus from Jazz 1947 Cover of Jazz, book of 100 prints 1947 Stencils

Pasiphae, Song of Minos 1944 Lino prints