Transcript Art Awareness - White Eagle Elementary School

Henri Matisse
The Purple Robe
HENRI MATISSE
1869- 1954
Was
born in France on Dec 31st,1869.
His
parents owned a grocery store and
he was very interested in counting the
sunflower seeds there.  
Matisse
discovered his love for art only
when was around 22 years old.
This
happened when he was recovering
from an illness, when his mother gave
him a box of paints so he wouldn’t be
bored.
He studied to become a lawyer, but
later talked his parents into letting him
study art at a famous school in Paris.

Henri Matisse
at work
He said he wanted his artwork to give people pleasure, and
be soothing – kind of like a comfortable armchair you can rest in
after a hard day’s work.
Henri Matisse
at work
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference
between things.
Henri Matisse and
Colors

Matisse said, “Color can do for
the eye what music does for the
ear….refresh the spirit”

Colors create an impression on
your eyes.

Colors can give you different
sensations

Colors can be warm or cold

He said, “ Everything we see
passes through the eye, to be
filed in a little room and then
amplified by the imagination”
The Purple Robe
Art for Detailed Discussion
The Purple Robe

Painted in 1937.

Eye is led around the room by color
and pattern.

Observe how the colors purple,
turquoise, red, green, yellow, orange
and black are all pulled together by
pattern of repeated curves and are
held down by diagonal straight lines
on the floor and rug.

He often let the white canvas show
through in spots to give his colors a
bright sparkling feel.

Can you name some of the patterns?
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Patterned Chair
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Pattern on the robe
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Pattern on the floor and the wall behind

Patterned vase.
Portrait of
Mme. Matisse
Woman with
the Hat
The Snail
The Snail is one of the last and largest pieces in Matisse’s final series
of works, known as cutouts. He arranged boldly colored paper cutouts
into striking compositions.
Birds
Icarus
Spray of leaves
White Algae
Matisse in
Art Institute of Chicago
Girl in yellow and
blue with Guitar
The Geranium
Apples
Daisies
Henri Matisse
Collage
Henri Matisse
Quotable Quotes