Henri Matisse (1869-1954), after - Nu Bleu II - SIAE licensed print - 1999

Cartel offset by Henri Matisse (*)
Reproduction of the work 'Nu Bleu II', created by Matisse in 1952, which belongs to the collection of the Centre National d’Art Georges Pompidou.
Authorized print by the Matisse Succession.
Edited by SIAE
Stamped on a plate.


Specifications

Support dimensions: 60 x 45 cm
Year: 1999
Condition: Excellent (this artwork has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been stored in a professional art folder, so it is in perfect condition).

The work will be carefully handled and packaged in a reinforced flat cardboard box. The shipment will be certified with a tracking number.

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-Cambresis (France). Like Pierre Bonnard, Matisse studied Law. He began painting in 1890 and attended classes at the Académie Julian (1891-1892). He enrolled at 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 are of a classical style, yet they give predominant importance to color. His first solo exhibition took place in 1904.
The previous year, Matisse had been a co-founder of the Autumn Salon and was an integral part of the group 'La cage aux fauves' in 1905. Matisse is the one who truly leads the Fauvism movement, which causes quite a scandal; the artist applies vivid, smooth colors on the canvas that convey the intensity of his emotions, simplifies forms, and contours them with a black stroke. Trips to sunny countries (Corsica, southern France, Algeria, Spain, Tahiti…) confirm his tendency to prioritize color. Matisse paints landscapes, portraits, and compositions with characters.
In 1907, the artist opened a painting school, the Academia Matisse, in his own Parisian 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 a scandal at the Armory Show, in which he participated in 1913.
After the First World War, Matisse dedicated himself to depicting female figures, odalisques posing for him in iridescent-colored settings, with motifs of arabesques and flowers.
Matisse settled in Nice in 1921, where he continued to live until the end of his life. Matisse drew series, recorded, illustrated, created frescoes, designed theater sets and costumes, modeled busts and female nudes, painted, and entered a new phase of experimentation starting in 1947: he cut and pasted papers enhanced with ink 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 dies in Nice in 1954.