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

Lithography after Henri Matisse (*)
Luxury edition on 300gsm high-grade cotton vellum paper
Signed on the plate.
Stamp of the Matisse Estate on the back 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 artwork will be carefully handled and packaged in reinforced cardboard packaging. The shipment will be sent with tracking (UPS / DPD / DHL / FedEx).

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

(*) Henri Matisse was born in 1869 in Cateau-Cambresis (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 workshop. The landscapes and still lifes he painted in that period are of classical style, yet color was given predominant importance. His first solo exhibition took place in 1904.
The previous year Matisse had co-founded the Salon d'Automne and was part of the group “La cage aux fauves” in 1905. Matisse is the one who truly led the Fauvism movement, which caused such scandal; the artist applies bright, flat colors on the canvas that convey the intensity of his emotions, simplifies forms, and outlines them with a black line. Travels to sunny countries (Corsica, the south of France, Algeria, Spain, Tahiti…) confirm his inclination to privilege color. Matisse painted landscapes, portraits, and compositions with figures.
In 1907, the artist opened a painting school, the Matisse Academy, in his Paris studio. 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, workshops, nudes. His free treatment of color and form caused scandal at the Armory Show in which he participated in 1913.
After World War I, Matisse dedicated himself to representing female figures, odalisques who posed for him in environments of iridescent colors, with arabesque and floral motifs.
Matisse settled in Nice in 1921, where he would live until the end of his life. Matisse drafted series, etched, illustrated, created frescoes, designed stage sets and costumes, bust studies and female nudes, painted and entered a new phase of experimentation from 1947: he cut and pasted papers augmented with wash painting; 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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