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Study of Madame Matisse Fauvist portrait in oil paint on canvas.
Vintage study of Henri Matisse's famous fauvist portrait with …
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Study of Madame Matisse Fauvist portrait in oil paint on canvas.
Vintage study of Henri Matisse's famous fauvist portrait with his wife as sitter. Signed by Annamarina Norman, a California Monterey Bay artist (American, b. 1959). Pure, unblended primary and secondary paints in painterly style is en pointe representation of Fauvist school. Composition adds balance and a breakthrough by being unburdened by traditional modes and methods of portraiture.
Signed: Lower right corner "A. Norman" and on reverse
Medium: Oil paint on stretched canvas
Condition: Good; minor toning aging on reverse; new UV-resistant varnish applied
Framed: Vintage frame of period included as-is
Canvas size: 20"H x 16"W
Framed size: 23.75"H x 19.75"W x 2.25"D
Henri Matisse's iconic portrait of his wife "Madame Matisse" is an excellent example of Fauvism ("Wild Beasts"), a style of painting that flourished in France around the turn of the 20th century. Fauve artists used pure, brilliant colour aggressively applied straight from the paint tubes to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas.
The Fauves painted directly from nature, as the Impressionists had before them, but Fauvist works were invested with a strong expressive reaction to the subjects portrayed. First formally exhibited in Paris in 1905, Fauvist paintings shocked visitors to the annual Salon d’Automne; one of these visitors was the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who, because of the violence of their works, dubbed the painters fauves (“wild beasts”)
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- Dimensions
- 19.75ʺW × 2.25ʺD × 23.75ʺH
- Styles
- Contemporary
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Portrait
- Period
- 1980s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Canvas
- Oil Paint
- Condition
- Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Red
- Condition Notes
- Minor age toning on reverse. New uv-resistant non yellowing varnish applied. Minor age toning on reverse. New uv-resistant non yellowing varnish applied. less
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