1. Henri Matisse

2. Best Known For… Use of color and fluid drawing skills
Drawing, printing, sculpting and PAINTING
Development of plastic art in painting and sculpture
One of the leading figures in modern art
Radical Painter
The Plumed Hat- 1919

3. Works from still lifes and landscapes to Divisionist technique
Early Work
Works from still lifes and landscapes to Divisionist technique
Divisionism: “colored dot painting”
Paintings modeled after Impressionism
Open Window, Collioure-1905

4. Went to Paris with several other artists Wild, dissonant colors
Fauvism
Went to Paris with several other artists
Wild, dissonant colors
Colors often didn’t match natural subject’s coloration
Pablo Picasso influenced his work
Le bonheur de vivre- 1906

5. After Paris-Later Works
More relaxed and softer feel
Oriental odalisques
Blue Nudes
“painting with scissors” technique
Blue Nude- 1907