Interiors by Matisse Henri Matisse was born in Le Cateau, France in 1869. He was the leader of a movement entitled Fauvism. In the book called Matisse (a collection of color plates compiled by editor Jose Maria Faerna), he describes the artists of this movement as, “[developing] a very free style of painting, using vibrant, arbitrary color – that is to say color independent from the actual hue of the object represented in the picture.” (5) This idea …showed first 75 words of 711 total…

…showed last 75 words of 711 total…The double doors are done in a blue that reflects the color of the water. The white of the sky matches the windblown curtains, the table cloth as well as the clothes worn by the woman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Faerna, Jose Maria, ed. Matisse. Teresa Waldes, ta. New York: Abrams/Cameo, 1995. Hiller, Peter. “Inside, Outside and Through…with Henri Matisse.” Arts & Activities Sept. 1997: 40-41. Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954