Picasso Vs Matisse

While Picasso’s Demoiselles is not a true Cubist work, it was nonetheless a major step towards Cubism. It features nude figures and background that are so distorted they seem to forgo any spatial depth. The softness of classical female bodies are restructured by Picasso into

Another important element these artists have in common is their similar composition and also their points of view.

Prompt: Select and fully identify two paintings from different art historical periods and cultures that depict the same subject or theme.  Then discuss how the presentations are a reflection of the culture and style in which it was created.

In this essay, I will be discussing how two famous artists from different times and cultures have created aesthetic qualities in artworks, communicated ideas and developed styles. Frida Kahlo and Pablo Picasso have been chosen to express two very different art styles and how both artists use elements and principles to create a distinct quality artwork. Although Frida Kahlo and Pablo Picasso come from different parts of the world and have different cultural backgrounds, both artists have practiced and explored portraiture as a way of making art.

Through a series of solid strokes of paint in his canvas, Monet managed to present society with a completely new outlook, literally, on one’s visual aspect. Claude-Oscar Monet, famous French painter, was a highly innovative artist back in the 1800s. His works inspired other artists who followed suite and teamed up promptly with Monet, soon enough gaining for themselves the title of “The Impressionists.” He contributed not only to the art culture, but also to the entirety of society through his paintings as if telling the world not to be afraid of anything different and emphasized the importance to look at things with deeper perception other than that which our vision enables us to see. Claude-Oscar Monet is also known as the father of Impressionism,

In the short story The Cog, Charles Fritch uses symbolism and mood to give life to the character and let the reader see a happy event from a bittersweet point of view. Fritch uses symbolism to help the reader experience the battle of emotions in the mind of James Maxwell. Fritch elegantly conveys the lesson of the story through small details. Other readers may argue that Fritch’s use of metaphor is more important. However, they fail to see how easily the metaphor can be overshadowed.

One must look at the root of the person creating the art to truly understand the beauty of the piece. Matisse attended law school in

The art world has been host to a vast menagerie of talent, intellect, and creativity for about as long as human culture has existed. It has grown, developed, and changed just as humanity has. Naturally, with such an impressively expansive history, various avenues of art are visited time and time again by new artists. Artists seek not only to bring their own personal flavor and meaning to timeless concepts, but to find new ways to approach them. While not every single creator and craftsman can make such a great impact on art or the world, their efforts have given birth to some truly magnificent and unique works. In an effort to create a more meaningful understanding, as well a deeper appreciation, of the nuances, techniques, and design choices employed in these attempts, a comparison will be made between Edouard Vuillard’s Interior With a Screen (1909-1910) and Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) (1907). In this essay, each artist’s approach to the subject of the female nude will be closely analyzed, compared, and contrasted, as will their styles of painting, handling of visual elements, and their use of the principles of design. An interpretation of each work and what the artist intended when creating it will also be provided.

Velazquez and Picasso made two similar painting’s, both named las meninas. Both of the painting’s represent a princess being helped by her maids or helpers. While Picasso’s was very abstract, Velazquez's was very realistic. While Picasso’s painting focused more on the princess, Velazquez’s painting focused more on the maids/helpers.

Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre take elements from Paul Cezanne's The Large Bathers and create his own work that move beyond what Cezanne's work depicts.

In Moscow, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts holds the piece Zorah on the Terrace by Henri Matisse. The artwork is oil on canvas and 115 by 100 centimeters or approximately 45.25 by 39.38 inches. Henri Matisse is still an inspiration to this day to many artists around the world, young and old. In his earlier years, he began his talents in Paris in about the 1890’s which at the time was the most popular place for artists to go learn and explore more skills as well as create historical movements in art. A lot of his artwork consisted of different movements; such as, Neoclassicism, Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism throughout his years of making art. Unfortunately, in the 1950’s his career ended when he passed away, he was making pictures using paper decoupage which made him stand out significantly from all the other Paris artists of his time, such as the famous Pablo Picasso, making him more understandable to the artists living in the now.

They were as different, said Matisse, as the North and South Poles” (Trachtman 65). Although Matisse and Picasso were similar in the way they formed modern art, their personalities and approach to making art show how they are different, and their rivalry show how they connect. Matisse and Picasso’s personalities are one of the many things that make these men

Piet Mondrian was the source of Calder’s turning toward total abstraction. After a visit to his studio Calder was struck by the walls that were like huge versions of Mondrian’s paintings. He wanted to use those same concepts of abstract colors but to also set them in motion. He was inspired by Henri Matisse’s paintings of flat abstract figures and that direct influence can be seen in pieces such as “Hats Off.” The process of Matisse’s cut paper collages is also similar to Calder’s cut sheets of metal. His friendship with Joan Miro is evidenced in his sculptures, through the often organic, brightly colored shapes that contrast with the sharp geometric architecture of the buildings surrounding them. Miro’s influence is also seen in the subject matter that is used repeatedly; heavily abstracted and biomorphic animal forms, often showing up specifically in bird-like forms: “Flamingo,” “Big Bird,” and “Eagle,” although Calder used other animalistic forms as well, including “Cheval Rouge,” (Red Horse) and even “Le tamanoir” (The

On September 4, 2016, I visited the Matisse in His Time exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. This exhibit is home to a plethora of pieces by many different European artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. While it is focused on Matisse and his extensive works, containing more than 50 of his pieces, there are many portraits and sculptures by other influential artists from that time period including Renoir, Picasso, and Georges Braque. Three of the most appealing works that I encountered in this exhibit are Maurice de Vlaminck’s Portrait of Père Bouju, Pablo Picasso’s Reclining Woman on a Blue Divan, and Henri Matisse’s sculpture series Henriette I, Henriette II, and Henriette III.

Matisse’s, Bonheur de Vivre and Picasso’s, Demoiselles d’Avignon both compare very favorable with Paul Cézanne’s, The Large Bathers. As the question indicates they are both inspired by Cezanne and yet transcend Cezanne. All of these paintings contain some sort of nudity and are sexualized in some way by it, but in all of these paintings the sensual nature does not define nor does it limit the painting. In fact I'd argue that they all share a common theme of transcending the artistic rules of their time.