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Bronze Figure by Henri Matisse

Bronze Figure

Henri Matisse · 1908

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DETAILS
Artist
Henri Matisse
Date
1908
Location
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
ART MOVEMENTS
FauvismImpressionismNeo-ImpressionismPost-Impressionism
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THE ARTIST

Henri Matisse

1869–1954 · France

Henri Matisse, a master of color and form, moved from law to art after an appendicitis recovery, becoming a defining figure of 20th-century modern art.

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Beyond Matisse and Post-Impressionism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Bronze Figure belongs to.

Landscape at L'Estaque Same movement · Fauvism Landscape at L'Estaque Georges Braque · 1906 · Art Institute of Chicago Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Same era · 1890s–1920s Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher Same movement · Impressionism Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher Paul Gauguin · 1880 · Art Institute of Chicago Barber Same era · 1890s–1920s Barber Mikhail Larionov · 1907 · Russian Museum After the Bullfight Same movement · Impressionism After the Bullfight Mary Cassatt · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago Wrestlers in a Circus Same era · 1890s–1920s Wrestlers in a Circus Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1909 · Cleveland Museum of Art A Turn in the Road Same movement · Impressionism A Turn in the Road Alfred Sisley · 1873 · Art Institute of Chicago Consolation Same era · 1890s–1920s Consolation Edvard Munch · 1907 · Munch Museum
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