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Henri Matisse—Greatest Colorist of Twentieth Century!

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Henri Matisse, the painter who is widely celebrated to be the greatest colorist in the art arena of the twentieth century, is often considered as the rival of Pablo Picasso, another greatest artist of century that celebrated modern art, in both of their contribution and innovations. Henri Matisse emerged from the artistic wave of twentieth century as a Post-Impressionist, and he achieved his prominence for the first time as the leader and a contributor to the French Fauvism movement. He was initially interested in Cubism although he rejected it; he resorted to color and sought to use the flamboyance of it instead. He used color as his foundation for expressive as well as decorative, and of course often monumental paintings. He had once, rather controversially, written that he sought to create works of art that would emerge as "a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair." However, his favorite subjects remained to be still lifes and nude paintings throughout his career. In his enormously colorful career, North Africa became a very important inspiration. 

Towards the end of his life and career, he made a significant contribution to collage with one of his series of works that used the cut-out shapes of color. Henri Matisse also became highly regarded for his oeuvre in his practice of sculpting; he was an important sculptor of his time. Henri Matisse’ brilliant works as a colorist is a treasure for the twentieth century art practices. Henri Matisse’ paintings showcasing flamboyance of colors are all available online. Explore his works and buy Henri Matisse paintings online.
 
Art Scholars investigating the work of this legend of a painter during the 1950s described Matisse and his contribution in Fauvism to be one of the precursors of the Abstract Expressionism and by extension much of the modern art practices. Several of the painters contributing to Abstract Expressionism enthusiastically trace their lineage to the legacy of Matisse, even though they did have differing reasons for doing so. Some of those artists, like Lee Krasner, also explored his deep influence in their works by employing the various media that was once explored by Matisse. For example, Matisse' paper cut-outs did inspire Lee to cut up the paintings she created; these works reassemble the practice of Matisse and make up for his influence on Lee. In other instances, color field painters like Mark Rothko and Kenneth Noland followed diligently his broad fields of bright color creating “Red Studio” (1911) and such. 

On the other hand, Richard Diebenkorn was taken in the way how Matisse was able to create the illusion of space layering upon the spatial tension that intertwined his subject matters with the flat canvas. While others, including Robert Motherwell, did not actually reflect Matisse' influence upon their artwork directly, but was more inspired by the artist’s view of painting in its color and form. Matisse' works of art still continues to entice more than only the artists even the international art collectors, who have been spirited enough to buy Matisse’ paintings for as much as $17 million. This only adds to the fact that several recent as well as upcoming smash hit exhibitions suggest that paintings by Matisse continues to reverb as one of the favorites of the art connoisseurs worldwide. 

The works he created deserve your closer attention and paintings of Henri Matisse are easily available online for you to have a look. If you want to explore the vivid and vibrant art by this greatest twentieth century colorist and buy Henri Matisse paintings online, go for it.  

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