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MATISSE & THE VIOLENCE OF COLOR: Painting Safari

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dave

The first “event” in twentieth century  art took place in Paris, regarded as the cultural capital of Western civilization, in 1905.  This exhibition showed the influence of nineteenth century developments of colour and distorted line from artists such as Van Gogh and Gauguin. … Continue reading →

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MATISSE: KEEP SQUEEZING THE TUBE

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dave

One summer, early in the twentieth century, Henri Matisse, on the advice of Picasso, took his family to the seashore at Collioure in the south of France. There, in the light of the Mediterranean, a new way of painting came … Continue reading →

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MATISSE:An Inner Loneliness of Precious Time

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dave

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known….No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.( Oscar Wilde ) The birth of a wild … Continue reading →

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ARCADIAN FANTASY: Mediterranean State of Mind

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dave

One summer early in the twentieth century,Henri Matisse took his family to the seashore. There, in the light of the Mediterranean, a new way of painting came forth. …. Picasso was the one who suggested that Henri Matisse and his … Continue reading →

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