Picture "La Danseuse Créole - Creole Dancer" (1954), silver-coloured framed version
Picture "La Danseuse Créole - Creole Dancer" (1954), silver-coloured framed version
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 980 copies | numbered | signed | reproduction, Giclée print on handmade paper by Hahnemühle | framed | glazed | size 62.5 x 46.5 cm (h/w)
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Picture "La Danseuse Créole - Creole Dancer" (1954), silver-coloured framed version
Original: from the bundle of eight colour lithographs "Le Cateau - Cambrésis - 1954 Nice", 35.5 x 26 cm.
High-quality Fine Art Giclée edition on Hahnemühle genuine handmade watercolour paper. Limited edition of 980 copies, numbered and signed. With numbered certificate on the back. Framed in a silver-coloured solid wood frame, glazed. Size 62.5 x 46.5 cm (h/w). ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
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About Henri Matisse
1869-1954
The co-founder of Fauvism is today considered one of the most important painters of the 20th century.
Matisse was born on New Year's Eve 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. He only discovered his artistic talent late in life. After studying law, Matisse worked in a law firm. His mother brought him art supplies during a period of convalescence following an attack of appendicitis, which forced him to stay in bed. And this is how he started to paint. He decided to give up on working in the law firm and began to study in Gustave Moreau's free painting class.
Initially, he orientated himself towards the Impressionists and studied Cézanne. Through Pointillism, which he became acquainted with through Paul Signac, he finally adopted a more two-dimensional brushstroke and started to use strong colours. The scandalous exhibition of 1905 at the Salon d'Automne in Paris, which Matisse took part in together with Derain, Vlaminck and others, gave these "wild animals" the name "Fauves".
Subsequently, Matisse increasingly dispensed with spatial illusion and concentrated particularly on primary colours and black. Ornamental patterns reflect his experiences with Islamic art, which he encountered on his trips to Morocco in 1911/12.
Movement and music are the themes that fascinated him repeatedly. Thus, the painting "Dance" from 1909/10 and the mural of the same name from 1930-33 are among his most important major works.
In the 1930s, Matisse discovered "papiers découpés" (eng.: papercutting), the art of paper designs, which prepared his later work as a stage and costume designer.
Before his death on 3 November 1954, he was able to complete his late work, the decoration of the Notre Dame du Rosaire chapel in Vence.
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Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, to spray".
The Giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format print produced with an inkjet printer using special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The inks are lightfast, meaning they are resistant to harmful UV light. They provide a high level of nuance, contrast, and saturation.
The Giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade paper and watercolour paper as well as silk.