Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Les Gourgues
Image View:
Detail of brushwork and color in the central portion of trees
Creator:
Henri Matisse (French painter, 1869-1954)
Location:
repository: Musée Matisse (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) N inv. 63.2.10
Location Note:
164, Avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
GPS:
43.719444 7.276111
Date:
1898 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Impressionist; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
landscape; trees; plein air; Impressionism; reflections
Description:
Painted in Toulouse. Matisse married Amélie Noémie Alexandrine Parayre in January of 1898 and in August he and his pregnant wife moved on to Fenouillet, near Toulouse, to stay with her parents. Their son, Jean, was born there on 10 January 1899. Matisse was in contact with Cezanne, Monet and Camille Pissarro and during this period he adopted the principal features of an Impressionist plein-air technique: pale grounds, broken brushwork, bright color and informality of composition. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-MATISSE-LG-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Les Gourgues