After Matisse

The last project at my art class involved copying the work of a well known artist twice. Once on paper and then from paper to canvas without referring to the original. I selected Henri Matisse, the well known French painter.

Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, known for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. As a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the twentieth century. Although he was initially labeled as a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s, he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.[1] His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art (Wikipedia).

I chose two paintings, the Lady in Blue and the Red Interior. Still Life on a Blue Table