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7/26/2014 - 10/26/2014
Organizing institution: Weatherspoon Art Museum
This installation of prints by Henri Matisse, all part of the Etta and Dr. Claribel Cone Collection, will focus on two aspects of the artist's favorite subject: the female form. The first group consists of seated women in interior scenes, many of them in quiet, pensive moods. The second group—depicting odalisques, or reclining nudes—is based on a long tradition in art to which Matisse added his own touch.
Matisse was at his height as a graphic artist when he created these prints. Although he made prints in spurts—in 1906, 1914, and again from 1922-29—his ventures into this medium were not tangential to his art, but rather an integral part of it. By exploring the figure through printmaking, he was able to glean a better understanding of its form. Posed informally and naturalistically, the women convey the immediacy of sketches done with little study. This mistaken perception results from Matisse’s talent for simplifying form to its essential elements. His mastery of line and his love of pattern are clearly evident in the prints—as is his preference for certain models.
This exhibition is organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curator of Collections.
Related programs:
Noon @ the 'Spoon public tour Tue Sep 9 @ 12pm
Noon @ the 'Spoon public tour - Tue Oct 14 @ 12pm
Happy 150th Birthday Claribel Cone - Fri Nov 14 @ 2pm
Organizing institution: Weatherspoon Art Museum
This Exhibition includes the following Venues:
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- Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro 7/26/2014 - 10/26/2014
This installation of prints by Henri Matisse, all part of the Etta and Dr. Claribel Cone Collection, will focus on two aspects of the artist's favorite subject: the female form. The first group consists of seated women in interior scenes, many of them in quiet, pensive moods. The second group—depicting odalisques, or reclining nudes—is based on a long tradition in art to which Matisse added his own touch.
Matisse was at his height as a graphic artist when he created these prints. Although he made prints in spurts—in 1906, 1914, and again from 1922-29—his ventures into this medium were not tangential to his art, but rather an integral part of it. By exploring the figure through printmaking, he was able to glean a better understanding of its form. Posed informally and naturalistically, the women convey the immediacy of sketches done with little study. This mistaken perception results from Matisse’s talent for simplifying form to its essential elements. His mastery of line and his love of pattern are clearly evident in the prints—as is his preference for certain models.
This exhibition is organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curator of Collections.
Related programs:
Noon @ the 'Spoon public tour Tue Sep 9 @ 12pm
Noon @ the 'Spoon public tour - Tue Oct 14 @ 12pm
Happy 150th Birthday Claribel Cone - Fri Nov 14 @ 2pm
Exhibition Objects (22)
![Image of Untitled, (Danseuse endormie, au divan) [Dancer asleep on divan]](/Media/Thumbnails/1950.1043.png)
Artists (1)
- Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)