Henri Matisse Le femme au chapau
The atmosphere in the Museum of Modern Art was very tranquil, the lights aren't too bright, and the wall itself looked like a piece of artwork. I'd been walking around the museum for a while and I finally saw a piece of painting that was what I'd been expecting to find. It was located in a big room with many other paintings and artwork surrounding it. Femme au Chapeau (lady with a hat) by Henri Matisse was painted in 1905. It is 31 3/4 in. x 23 1/2 in. (80.65 cm x 59.69 cm) and is oil on canvas. The style of this painting is realistic and is naturalistic. This painting is of a woman sitting down and she's holding a cane. She is wearing a very large fancy hat, she appears to be attractive and her facial expression looks melancholy and desolate. She looks like she's in her early twenties, she has red hair and big brown eyes, and her eyebrows are thick as they arch over her big brown eyes. She's wearing a very nice dress, something only upper middle class to upper class people wear during that time. The colours are very cool even though this painting is polychromatic. Although she is recognizable,
I chose this painting because it is a very colourful painting, and I love the style it is in and texture of it. It's kind of rough and raised, but just a little. The colours and textures gives it a joyful, and positive tone. The background appears to be abstract expressionism. But the expressions on her face is very sad. A woman in her time, rich or poor, probably had a hard life. Her hat looks very dark against the bright, light colored background. The colors in the back ground are shades of pink, blue, yellow, red, green, and purple. Her hat is very glamorous and it looks like there are fruits and flowers on it. Was she a real person who was posing for Matisse? Or was she a pigment of his imagination? And if she was real, why was she sad? I could only use my own interpretation and imagination to answer these questions. Even with her glamorous hat, she is sad. Her face is very sloppily painted with different colours, yet she still looks beautiful. The tone of this painting befuddles me.
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