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020			_a9783822859773
082			_aVSCL _bESS
100			_aEssers, Volkmar
245		0	_aMatisse (Basic Art Album)
260			_aGermany _bTaschen GmbH _c2000
300			_a96: ill. _c18.54 x 1.27 x 22.86 cm _rPB
504			_aA color harmony that is analogous to a musical composition Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is known not only as one of the most important French painters of the 20th century but also as co-founder and leading exponent of Fauvism. His work reflects an ongoing quest for the expressive power of pure, brilliant colors and simple forms; as a result, the realistic presentation of nature often retires to a secondary position. For Matisse, color did not serve as a tool for the expression of subjective feelings, but rather became the equivalent of light itself: it functioned as a pure medium in the creation of an autonomous pictorial space: "Out of my fruitful work with discovered tones there must emerge a vital color harmony, a harmony that is analogous to a musical composition." As a creative artist, Matisse was not only a painter, but also experimented with other materials: he produced glass windows and theatre designs and created significant sculptures in bronze, ceramic and clay. In old age, confined to a wheelchair, he created collages with coloured paper, glue, and scissors: his famed gouache cut-outs.
650			_aArt
650			_aArt history
650			_aBiography
650			_aHenri Matisse
650			_aVisual Culture
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