Henri Matisse was a french artist who lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with a very revolutionary ideas of art how to portray people and show light sources. He is most famous for his art movement that expressed light with bright colors called fauvism. His first exhibition was in 1904 but did not generate much excitement or interest. He had more success after he spent a Summer in St. Tropez with the neo-Impressionists Signac and Henri Edmond Cross. He painted some of his most popular and influential pieces. He also explored pointillism while in St. Tropez as well. Matisse later became a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and pushed his students to formulate new concepts and find revolutionary ways to communicate their feelings and ideas.
Here is some authentic footage of Matisse instructing one of his students. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiEIeitUNFs
It's amazing how people can be inspired by different things in the same place as famous neo-Impressionists. I like him because he pushed his students to do hardwork by having them find ways they could express their different feelings and ideas.
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i really like how this man can interpret a young boy into a 2-D drawing in charcoal with just a couple of glances. He is a very inspiring man that shows us even with a little bit of supplies you can make a great master piece
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