Matisses Interior with Violin
Interior with a Violin 1917-18 (Oil on Canvas)The objects used in this piece are day to day objects (i.e. violin and itscase). There is also no emphasis on any one object. The eye is led over theentire painting through Matisse's renowned use of bold colors. There is nosense of purpose or meaning, it lacks narration and seems to be for
The bold blue color of the violin case leadsyour eye towards it; hence it is the centerpiece of the work. The colors that Matisse used for the area outside of the window in hispaintings are yellows and whites. The detail here,as in most of Matisse's works, is very generic. These bright colors give off a sense ofpleasantness and happiness to the viewer, which transcend the bold blue anddull brown of the room. For example, the objects inthe back round are represented by generic colors, and are not identifiable. Here he concentrated on reflectingthe sensual color of his surroundings and completed some of his mostexciting paintings of his artistic career. Early on in hiscareer Matisse was viewed as a Fauvist, and his celebration of bright colorsreached its peak in 1917(date of painting above) when he began to spend timeon the French Riviera at Nice and Vence. Matisse initially became famous as the King of the Fauves. The boldcolors offset the dark dull background of browns and grays. The perspective is a desired one rather than alogical one. For example the violin is directly in our view, but the way itis situated makes no sense.
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Oil Canvas,
King Fauves,
Nice Vence,
Interior Violin,
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bright colors,
colors sense,
bold colors,
bold blue,
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