The Dance II
1932
Expressionism
Oil on canvas
Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA
A commission from Dr Albert Barnes ‘The Dance II’ was a mural for the main hall of Barnes’ gallery housing works by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.
Henri Matisse
Fauvism, Neo-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Primitivism in Art
Born: 31 December 1869, Le Chateau-Cambrésis, France
Nationality: French
Died: 3 November 1954, Nice, France
Matisse is regarded as the greatest colourist of the 20th century and rivalled Picasso in the importance of his innovations. As a Post-Impressionist and leader of the Fauvism movement, he sought to use colour as the foundation for expressive, decorative, and monumental paintings. Throughout his career still life and the nude were his favoured subjects with North Africa as an important inspiration
