Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection

 

Artist

Henri Matisse

Nationality

French

Artist Dates

1869-1964

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Date of Work

ca. 1954

Medium

Lithograph

Height

12 1/4"

Width

9 1/4"

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection

Status

Stored: FF_008_B

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Artist Bio

Henri Matisse was a prominent French artist born in 1869. In 1887 he originally intended to study law in Paris, but he first started painting in 1889 after he had appendicitis. It was then he decided to study art at the Académie Julian. Best known for his Fauvist style, French expressionist Henri Matisse became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century through his revolutionary use of expressive color and exaggerated form to express emotion in his artworks. Works by Henri Matisse can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Barnes Foundation, the Art Institute of Chicago and several other collections internationally.

Additional Information

Frontispiece from 'Portraits' by André Saurent in 1954. Published by Mourlot. Portrait of a young woman.

Condition

Excellent

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