Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Still Life”

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1. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “The joy of life”In March 1906, the second exhibition of representatives of Fauvism took place. It was impossible not to notice the bright large picture of the leader of the Fauves, Henri Matisse, called the “Joy of Life.” The artist began to work on it a year earlier, staying in the south of France. Gathering impressions in the […]...
2. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Madame Matisse”The painting “Madame Matisse” was painted by the artist in 1907. Here he depicted his wife – Madame Matisse. It must be said that when the canvas was presented for public viewing, the society embraced an indescribable feeling, and it was not a feeling of admiration. People could not understand how it was possible to […]...
3. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Red Room”The French Fauvist Henri Matisse in 1908 wrote another canvas commissioned by Sergei Schukin. Fauvism as a new artistic direction did not exist for long, but managed to express itself quite brightly in the paintings of painters. This style of performance of the image mixed up several components and gave birth to rich avant-garde pictures. […]...
4. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Boat”Matisse portrayed the boat under sail and the reflection that can be seen in the water. At first, no one could understand what is shown here. It got to a funny case. The work of the painter was exhibited in the Museum of New York. Placed it upside down. More than a month passed, and […]...
5. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Blue Nude”In 1952, Matisse finished working on a series of canvases that had a common name – “Blue Nude”. The canvases depicted a female figure, which was skillfully combined with abstract designs and shapes. The artist loved to depict the female body in space in the same position – the figure always had crossed legs, with […]...
6. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Music”Schukin – a famous collector in the last century, knew Matisse well. In 1908, he decided to decorate his mansion in Moscow in a special way and invited the artist to paint two panels for the house. It was necessary with the help of an allegory to depict such important arts as music and dance. […]...
7. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Conversation”At first it may seem that Matisse portrays his own banal scene that can occur on any given day. We see the husband and wife talking in the morning. In the characters you can guess the artist himself and his spouse. It is not easy to do this, since Matisse deliberately makes the features of […]...
8. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Woman in the hat”In 1905, Henri Matisse rejected the usual mixture of colors and decided to use classic shades in his works. This policy was very different from the usual techniques of past eras. Needless to say, this approach did not immediately appeal to society and critics. One of the most pronounced works of this nature was the […]...
9. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Dance”Creativity Matisse – a significant phenomenon of French art of the early twentieth century. His style was different from the classic familiar compositions. Contemporaries were stunned by the novelty, the riot of colors, the power of emotions that caused his paintings, which they called the artist “wild.” With a light hand, the term entrenched itself […]...
10. Description of the painting by paintings by Henri Matisse “Open Window”The artist often used his favorite trick – an image of an open door or window. This helped him to build the composition of the future picture itself. All the beauty of the Mediterranean were able to convey beautiful tones. The picture seems to be written in a careless technique, here we will not find […]...
11. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Family Portrait”This picture of the artist differs from the others in that Mathisc never used the image of life and interior in his works. In the picture you can see how the family members of the artist are busy with their household chores. For example, the wife is depicted on embroidery, the sons of Henri Matisse […]...
12. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Red fish”Matisse is a famous French artist, the leader of the Fauvist movement, which lasted only twenty years, but left a peculiar mark on history, Fauvism is related to impressionism and brings it to an extreme point, in which the form stops playing and its emotion and color begins to play. Fauvism is extremely simple, not […]...
13. Description of the painting by Henri Matisse “Self-portrait”The founder of Fauvism and master of color. Thus appears before the descendants of Henri Mattis. Later, ethnic motifs would penetrate his art and dissolve, assimilated by the master’s will. The artist created his canvases in series. Several versions of the same work were written at once. The main themes of the works are dances, […]...
14. Description of the painting by Willem Head “Still Life”Interestingly, Kheda – the creator of amazing paintings with still lifes, first tried himself in writing portraits and subjects on religious themes. Only much later did he stop writing still lifes, where he became famous as a great master. You can see that on the canvases of this painter there are the same objects, only […]...
15. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Still Life with Oranges”This famous work of Cezanne won the heart of more than one viewer. The symphonic depth of the still life in combination with subtle mastery detailing the most everyday items (tablecloths for the table, kitchenware, fruit and carpet) is striking in its beauty. Contemporaries who watched the creation of this masterpiece said that Cezanne, with […]...
16. Description of the painting by Valentin Serov “Portrait of I. A. Morozov”To the numerous Morozov family the artist Serov painted several canvases. Among them – “Portrait of I. A. Morozov”. The work was done in the mature years of the master – in 1910. Saying goodbye to youthful ease and romance, the Russian painter set about a series of portrait canvases, serious, thoughtful, even somewhat dramatic. […]...
17. Description paintings by Alexander Gerasimov “Still life. Wildflowers”The painter Alexander Gerasimov, who lived in the Soviet Union, has always been popular, both among ordinary people and among the authorities. His work has been repeatedly evaluated by honorary state awards. Gerasimov considered himself a portrait painter. But landscapes and still lifes, he wrote no less skillfully than portraits. The painting “Wildflowers” was one […]...
18. Description of the painting by Franz Snyders “Still life with bat game and lobster”The greatest artist of Flanders – Franz Snyders is the largest master of pictorial still life, his hands belong to dozens of works recognized as masterpieces of pictorial art. Snyders wrote his life-rich still lifes under the slogan of greatness and all-embracing power. It is known that Rubens and Snyders mutually influenced each other in […]...
19. Description of the painting by Alexander Kuprin “Still life with a pumpkin”1912; canvas, oil; 89 x 98; State Tretyakov Gallery. Still lifes Alexander Vasilyevich Kuprina is distinguished by an elaborate composition. All items are selected and arranged so as to create a harmonious consonance of form and color. Not random chaos, but ideally ordered, diligently verified order of the beauty of everyday things. In the autumn […]...
20. Description of the painting by Ivan Khrutsky “Still Life”Still lifes Khrutsky really surprising. He tries to give his work a rather complex composition. On his canvas in a fancy way, a huge amount of vegetables and fruits are collected. It must be remembered that the artist invented pictures. He never wrote them from nature. That is why his canvas just breaks from fruits […]...
21. Description of the painting by Vasily Baksheev “Life Prose”Vasily Baksheev’s picture “Life Prose” is distinguished by subtle psychologism and high emotional tension. Among the landscapes and portrait works, it occupies a special place. At first glance, the viewer witnesses a family drama, a conflict of two generations. The tone of the moralizing conversation is touched by a man, perhaps the head of the […]...
22. Description of the painting by Vladimir Stozharov “Still Life with Bread”Stozharov subtly felt the perspective in its historical embodiment, understood the traditions of the people. All his still lifes are saturated with rich colors. This is a real celebration of the spirit of the people. Stozharov trowels depicted ordinary objects that were used in everyday life by peasants. In his paintings, we see magnificent toes, […]...
23. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Still Life with a Jug” (Still Life with Drapery)Paul Cezanne wrote the painting “Still Life with Drapery and Jug” in 1899. Experts attribute this still life to the style of cubism, which began to develop during these years. The canvas presents a variety of geometric shapes and objects. On a heavy, wide, sandy tabletop, we see a carelessly folded white cloth on which […]...
24. Description of the painting by Konstantin Makovsky “Still Life”Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky is a rather diverse artist who has his own unique style recognized by experts and admirers of his work. As for this picture, called “Still Life”, the master here is inclined to use a genre that is not typical of himself, the so-called “pure”. It should be noted that the image of […]...
25. Description of the painting by Peter Konchalovsky “Still Life”The beginning of the twentieth century is characterized in Russian art as the heyday of the genre still life. The exclusion of plot, and sometimes any connection between the objects depicted on one canvas, did not deprive the painting of meaning at all. Now the focus has shifted to color and shape. These two components […]...
26. Description of the painting by Paul Cezanne “Still Life”Paul Cezanne, the author of a large number of still lifes, called his masterpiece simply – “Still Life”. Before us is quite colorful, colorful work of the greatest creator of the brush and canvas. In the center of the picture is a table, literally littered with piles of multi-colored kitchen tablecloths, they lie somewhat casually […]...
27. Description of the painting by Alexander Golovin “Still life with phlox”The famous artist Alexander Golovin from his childhood had a special love for flowers. He could contemplate them for hours in greenhouses, studied a variety of forms, and their colors were just captivated by the artist. Considering the flowers as a real work of art that Mother Nature created, he tried to portray them as […]...
28. Description of the painting by Paul Gauguin “Still Life”Paul Gauguin is from Paris, but he grew up in Peru, this exotic country gave him emotions and love for the tropics. He was known as a very successful stockbroker. Painting was not his profession, it was his hobby. But when there was another economic crisis, which led him to the mastery of a new […]...
29. Description of the painting by Salvador Dali “Still Life”“Still Life” was written by Salvador Dali in 1918. It is possible that the artist wrote it a little later, but after a while he dated it with an early number. Dali painted a picture on canvas, the size of 60×70 cm, using oil paints for drawing the image. In the center of the picture […]...
30. Description of the painting by Henri Rousseau “Customs”For the specific style of drawing Rousseau was nicknamed the amateur, although his paintings were admired by Picasso and his entourage. The reason for such unflattering reviews was the manner of Rousseau writing his pictures. The artist perceived the world completely at ease. This ease of it did not find a reciprocal understanding in the […]...
31. Description of the painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec “Alone”Peer into the picture… loneliness.. hollowness and fatigue. As if all this woman’s life fell on her fragile shoulders at once. Looking at the picture, I want to ask her about what had so drained her in life, so heart and soul drained. One of the cycles that were devoted to women of “easy” behavior […]...
32. Description of the painting by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec “Laundress”It is believed that the model for the painting “Laundress” Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec met on a street in Paris. The young artist often preferred models from among dancers and girls of easy virtue. But this case was special. Red Mademoiselle was extremely modest and pleasant to talk to. According to art historians, Susanne Valadon, the […]...
33. Description of the painting by Pablo Picasso “Life”After suicide because of the unhappy love of one of his best friends, Carlos Casagemasa, Picasso became depressed. This period became “blue” in the artist’s work, he wrote a number of melancholic paintings. A masterpiece of this period is considered to be the canvas “Life” (1903). When Picasso painted this picture, he was 22 years […]...
34. Description of the painting by Ilya Mashkov “Still Life”Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov studied with famous artists of the time – Korovin and Serov. Possessing exceptional ability to color, the artist wrote magnificent, vivid and expressive still lifes. In his paintings, Mashkov actively used texture and color techniques, with which he conveyed the existence of specific objects in their own created environment. His “Still Life” […]...
35. Description of the painting by Martiros Saryan “Still Life”Martiros Sergeevich Saryan used tempera for writing his still life, it is thanks to this mixture that such brightness and brilliance, richness of color is achieved. A large bouquet of fragrant flowers seems to occupy the entire space of a still life, and in spite of all the original content of the name of this […]...
36. Description of the painting by Giorgione “The Three Ages of Life”Painted in oil on canvas in 1500-1501. (according to other versions, the interval from 1500 to 1510), is located horizontally, the size is 62 by 77.5 cm. It is located in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy. Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (full name of the artist) – the famous representative of the Venetian school, which was one […]...
37. Description of the painting by Frans Snyders “Still life with fruit”The famous Flemish master Frans Snyders painted animals and still lifes. He wrote ingeniously: bright and generous. Most of the customers for his canvases were well-off gentlemen who lived in palaces and large houses. In the dining room on the wall, they wanted to see beautiful images that awaken the appetite and speak of the […]...
38. Description of the painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir “Still life with a large flower vase”The brilliant artist, the founder of Impressionism, Auguste Renoir, is known as an unsurpassed master of painting. Especially well he managed still life. Auguste took everyday life and charming women as a basis for his plots. Only occasionally did the master decide to write flowers. All his works are filled with air, saturated with lightness […]...
39. Description of the painting by Konstantin Korovin “Still Life”Konstantin Korovin left behind a lot of work – he painted landscapes, portraits, decorative panels, and also engaged in the artistic design of theatrical productions, creating scenery for various performances. Especially a lot in his legacy of a variety of still life with flowers. The still-life stands on a wide window-sill in a city apartment […]...
40. Description of the painting by Ilya Mashkov “Still Life with a Samovar”The painting of the Russian artist is distinguished by its interesting combination of objects, in which a truly complex meaning is hidden. The explanation of the combination of objects and their symbolization is the main task of not only the person who is trying to grasp this meaning, but also the artist. The still life […]...