Fauvism and Orientalism :: Art, Painting, Madame Matisse

Henri Matisse was very undistinguished in his early periods. He was a late bloomer, learning to paint well into his thirties (Wayne 1). His starting line painting was Nature morte aux livres (Still Life with Books), its trueist style wasnt his forte (moodbooks.com 1). curtly Matisse was experimenting. Matisse when through many art styles in his life, from neo impressionism to pointillism, he had his fingers in many pies. In 1905 Matisse created fauvism, or the wild beasts. From then on his paintings would neer be the same. He became the king of color (Cumming 99). In the 1910s he started Orientalism. The odalisques were of a much different pattern (Abrams/Cameo 28). Fauvism and Orientalism are very different, nevertheless still a analogous in other ways. They can be compared on the back nations, colors, subjects, structure, and style. An important of any art work is the background. In the fauvist travail Matisse used different winsomes of backgrounds. In portrait of Madame Ma tisse (The Green Line), on the odd side the red background makes the red half of her body conflate in to it. On the right side the unripe back ground makes her shoulder seem more pronounced (Abrams/Cameo 14). In his painting The charr in the Hat the background is a powerful smear of beamy colors. The reds, yellows, greens, and purples make the picture seem hectic and disordered. Some of the fauvist backgrounds had a logical reason. The background in The Young Sailor II is a soft peach color, complementing the dark, muted hues of the sailors clothing. In the Mediterranean Allegories faze of Fauvism, the backgrounds were more distinguishable. In the Game of Bowls the background is a soft green for grass and a light blue for sky. He had many paintings with this kind of background. The focus was less on expressive color and more on the story behind the painting. For about a year his backgrounds became more of the real and less of the feeling. In the same year, Matisses fauvist beg an to look at bright backgrounds again. Matisses painting Harmony in Red (La Desserte) has a bright patterned background. It has the feel of a textile piece, with their flat crying pattern (Abrams/Cameo 21). The back ground seemed to organize and guide the picture, making it effective as important as the other elements (Abrams/Cameo 21). Other works like interior with Aubergines have the same quality.