Henri Matisse
Cartier-Bresson, Portrait of Henri Matisse, 1950s
1869-1954
vocabulary
Self portrait - a picture of yourself
Bilateral symmetry - one side is the mirror
image of the other.
Contour line - line that describes the edges
of an object.
La Cage aux Fauves - The Cage of Wild
Beasts
Pattern - a repeated arrangement of forms
and colors; design.
Wax resist
vocabulary
Fauvism - the first modern art movement.
It originated in France in 1905.
Characteristics are
pleasant subject matter,
simplified drawing style
and
use of non-descriptive color.
Non-descriptive color - color that does not
refer to the natural color of the object.
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Self portrait
Done in Matisse’s
Mature style.
Jeune Fille
Done in Matisse’s early
Style.
We will be making a portrait
based on
Matisse’s simplified drawing style.
What was this style called?
What characteristics
of Fauvism
do you see in this painting of
Madame Matisse?
The Green Stripe
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These lines that describe the edges
of shapes are called contour lines.
What type of shapes are these?
What types of lines
do you see in these
portraits?
Were these drawings done in
the same style?
Notice the simplicity
of this portrait.
Do you see much detail
in the face?
What type of lines
have been used?
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We will draw a portrait
based on the work of Henri
Matisse
• Materials
– 1 piece drawing paper 8.5
x 11 inches
– Pencil
– Eraser
– Crayon
– Paint
– Brush
– Cup of water
- paper towels
- Mirror
Sources
• Schneider, Pierre. Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.
:NY : Rizzoli, c2002.
• Howlett, Margaret, editor. ‘The Fauves’,
Scholastic Art, vol. 37 no. 1,
September/October2006
• Sellier, Marie. Matisse from A to Z,
translated from French by CZ Bedrick.
New York: Peter Dedrick Books, 1993.
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