Henri Matisse (1869-1954) (after) - Le Buisson - Lithographic licensed print - 85x68 - COA

Lithograph after Henri Matisse (*)
Luxury edition on high-grade cotton vellum paper (300gsm)
Signed on the plate.
Matisse Succession seal on the reverse side of the sheet.
Large format
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

Specifications:

- Support dimensions: 85 x 68 cm
- Year: 1994
- Edition: 1000 copies
- Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, therefore offered in perfect condition).

The work will be carefully handled and packaged in a reinforced cardboard box. The shipment will be sent with tracking (UPS / DPD / DHL / FedEx).

The shipment will also include full insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) Henri Matisse was born in 1869 in Cateau-Cambrésis, France. As Pierre Bonnard did, Matisse studied Law. He began painting in 1890 and attended classes at the Académie Julian (1891-1892). He enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1892 and joined Gustave Moreau’s studio. The landscapes and still lifes he painted during that period were of a classical style, though color played a dominant role. His first solo exhibition took place in 1904.

The year before, Matisse had co-founded the Salon d’Automne and was an integral part of the group “La cage aux fauves” in 1905. Matisse is the true leader of the Fauvism movement which caused such a scandal; the artist applies vivid, flat colors on the canvas translating the intensity of his feelings, simplifies forms and contours them with a black line. Travels to sunny countries (Corsica, the south of France, Algeria, Spain, Tahiti…) confirm his inclination to prioritize color. Matisse painted landscapes, portraits, and compositions with figures.

In 1907, the artist opened a painting school, the Matisse Academy, in his Parisian workshop. In 1910 he published “Notes of a Painter,” in which he states: “what I pursue above all is expression.” The arabesque is among the motifs of this expression around 1910. He painted interiors, studios, nudes. His free treatment of color and form provoked scandal at the Armory Show in which he participated in 1913.

After the First World War, Matisse devoted himself to the representation of female figures, odalisques posing for him in colorful iridescent settings with arabesque and floral motifs.

Matisse settled in Nice in 1921, where he would remain for the rest of his life. He drew series, etched, illustrated, created murals, designed theater sets and costumes, modeled busts and female nudes, painted, and entered a new phase of experimentation from 1947: cut and pasted papers enhanced with gouache; the artist’s work became more abstract. Matisse created the album “Jazz” in 1947 and another series of “Interiors” following the same scheme.

Matisse died in Nice in 1954.

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