100 Great Artists

1869

1887 _88

1891

1892

1894

1898

190r

1906

1907

1911

1917

1941-43

/94S_f/

19f4

H ENRI MATISSE

Born in u

Cat "UI· C ""'Min"

ron of a grain

",,,"eb,,,,,

Stud,,, law

L,at~"".., li'

mmyar!

En"n crudia <{

Mo.-<au at I:FAd,

d" B,,,ur-Am,

Pari,

Birth <lo""gb,,.,-

iIlarK"<riu

MatTi" Amili.

Par",,,. ",,,,b.,. if

MarK,,,,-iu, tb'Y

/"",-b",', r~" ••• "

Group ",,,",d Lcs

Fomt:s 4'''"

,rbibi,ion at til<

Salon J'a"",,",,,

VITi" N(J..,b Africa

&cbang" /",int_

ingr ;:itb PitiIDa

Vi,;" Rurria

;11",.,.,-"",",,nmdy

'" Cou J'Awr

Und"~,.,-{/m=

J1I'Xtry, ""'" to

hook 'IJus..-",;""

iJ«oram-

iJ<J",,,,iam cbll/"I

oiN",,,-/Ja,,,,""

({"rmY<. J ma

Di,.,-Of"",," in

Cimi,=

The App:orition (/874-76) t.,.. (',u,,",'c ,\ lo",.u

G""at" MOn'at< til< ..... of a Pari, armiuct, """'"' kiNI.,. of 'Il<

Sy",/xlim, Impiml by lb. fifiunrb."'tlttlrf iraiiam, b, ". ..,-a <Y,amr if

baUuciTlllm'Y ,-",ritk Im"d on my,h! and d"a",!. ;\fa,iN '1"'*' </ bIT

,,/Xli.,. atan jm'j~rating i"jluma. alrbollgb lb. aT! "",hiM",,,,,,

di"'Pprm."t!d ofbi, ,""bod,. 'H, did no, "' w on ,Iv rigbt ",,,,Jr, 1m, off

,bnn. H, di,!tIThd our comp/a"'''y. ' iIItJr"''''' Ja,.,b Us< of paim gtn·,

ri" to ""!tIT,, tbat inrpir,d Mati,,..', Ja',.,. d<CtJt"utit" ",tJt"k

H

enri ,\htisse .nd Pablo Pi.,.~sso

shared aniSlic p, e_cminen"" and

I. 'puia, ity fo. much (jf the twentieth

century. hut then: ","1< • huge difkrence

bcrween them. Against P i"">.,,,', unrdCllting

showm.n;hjl~ ,\ hti>.'" <b'ci' 1,ed slowly a ... 1

methodically. and nncr set out to be

cont""c,,",!. lie or<:e litmou<ly S3id he wish .... :!

his art n, be lile • {'()n.r,,.-.. I~e ar mchair to n:bx

in ., the e nd of. busy day, lkhind the nude

d.ncerS and riot of {,(,lour. ,\htisse ... a s .n

unosh'm,,1 bou rg<"is,

Matisse tooL early rr.ining from Gu<t:Il'<'

,\lo",au (18!6-98). who po.~i,'dy ",,{'(,urlg<,1

his students to quest jon e''''1~hing and to

",h'lnce their own opinio ns, ,\ loti>\«: Studi,,1 the

""orls of ,\1:.one t. G~uguin. Van Gogh and

aunne. Then he cxplored Seur~t's

l)(jintilli'm thmugh Sign"", lI ut it ",'1S fnJln

190+-{17 thot he got togt:ther with Derlin.