Henri Matisse: Fauvism`s most Colorful Painter

auvism - An early twentieth century art movement and style of painting
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in France. The name Fauves, French for "Wild Beasts," was given to artists
adhering to this style because it was felt that they used intense colors in a
violent, uncontrolled way. The leader of the Fauves was Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954).
(pr. fo'vizm)
Henri Matisse - 'Mme Matisse, or The Green Stripe' 1905/ 2 more Matisse works
Maurice De Vlaminck 'The Potato Pickers' 1905
Henri Matisse: Fauvism’s most Colorful Painter
http://emptyeasel.com/2007/07/03/henri-matisse-fauvisms-most-colorful-painter/
Born in 1869, Henri Matisse was a widely influential French painter who lived in the early 20th
century. He was really more of an intellectual artist than an emotional artist, although you might not
guess that from his work alone. His paintings really shocked viewers at first, not because of their
subject matter but because they were created with deliberately unnatural colors in jarring
combinations.
“A8. Fauvism portraits with glue & chalk” as listed on the MOC-FV visual arts gallery on Artsonia >
http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=66438 (A is for Art I, D=drawing; P=painting; followed by lesson #)
This project is inspired by Henri Matisse’s Madame Matisse, "The Green Line" ( La Raie verte) and the French
movement, Fauvism. Fauvism (1898-1906) is characterized by bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors.
Students begin with a contour drawing with glue, which is a new technique for most students and a difficult medium to
control; which fits this style of art. After it dries, pastels are blended, layered and mixed again to add a colorful mood to
the portraits. This lesson gives students an opportunity to experiment with blending & mixing colors.
[Next we will focus on blending to create the illusion of 3D form: “Graduated Tone”]
Objectives:
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Contour drawing of a stylized portrait or character with glue
Vivid blending of colors in a Fauvism style; using hard and soft lines.
MMC Student examples: pastels over glue lines:
Oil pastel samples: (when Mrs. P was teacher)
Current artists…… Fauvism influences …. in Pop Art, etc.
Howie Green
Peter Max
Marilyn Monroe by Vladimir Gorsky
Ron Burns
dogs by artist Alicia VanNoy
Paul McCartney – Dean Russo
“Give It All Away” by Dean Russo
The Passion Pit - Dean Russo
“Self Portrait - fauvism” by ~nashaath
artist Francoise Nielly palette knife oil paintings from B&W photos.
http://nashaath.deviantart.com/art/Self-Portrait-fauvism-157038847
http://abduzeedo.com/explosive-colorful-portraits-paintings Françoise Nielly's painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil
and knife combine tsculpt her images…20 years of artistic expression explain the maturity of her work and the perfect mastery of her art… lives in Paris
Leonid Afremov, palette knife and oil paint - http://afremov.com/