Postcard Matisse - Branch of a Fig Tree

IC420041
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Characteristics

Maintenance
Store in a dry place, protected by a case or plastic bag
Art movements
Modern & Contemporary Art, Fauvism
Artist
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Reference
IC420041
EAN
3336728437581
Matière de l'article
Paper
Model dimensions
13cm x 13cm
Conservation museum
Nice - Musée Matisse

The work and its artist

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)

A major artist of the 20th century, his influence on the art of the second half of the century is considerable through the use of simplification, stylisation, synthesis and colour as the sole subject of painting, both for the many figurative and abstract painters who will claim to be his and his discoveries. He was the leader of fauvism. From Pablo Picasso, who was his friend and considered him his great rival, to Andy Warhol who "wanted to be Matisse", all 20th century painters were confronted with Matisse's fame and genius.