The Dance-Matisse - Cashmere, Wool and Silk directory

One cannot go wrong with any interpretation of �The Dance� by the masterful artist Matisse. This was the intention of the great artist, as Matisse put down, on canvas, his personal perceptions of both world and peoples. In this manner of artistic expression Matisse was able to open up a world of perception and realities all from one single painting. �The Dance� is a large decorative panel that went along with a second companion piece, La Musique. The two large panels were painted on commission by the Russian businessman and art collector Sergei Shchukin. Matisse and Shchukin had a long association and friendship and this benefited both artiste and collector.

Female Forms are Subjects for Great Artist In �The Dance� by Matisse one can see the brilliantly-colored yet primitive dancing female forms, nude and gleefully almost possessing a mystical ability, holding hands on top of the earth. It is in the basic color scheme of Matisse that their brilliance can be found. This is akin to the earlier styles of Fauvist color-palette renderings. The imagination of Matisse can be easily seen in his choice of colors, three primary colors that are both soothing to the eye and easily recognizable as both art and man, in this case, woman. �The Dance� is the point in which Matisse�s long career that he started to switch over to a more modernistic style painting. �The Dance� now hangs properly in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg Russia and is a tribute to the fascination that the artist had with the mother country, although not his mother country.

Great Relationships in Artistic Community This also goes to show that the associations and relationships that Europeans have with each other were a far different version of what we experience today. The animosity of different sects and religions and races was not apparent in the post-modernistic world of Matisse. This great artist saw all people just as that, forms of energy and mass that although beautiful could also be dark. An inspiration for Matisse, in his own words, was Stravinsky�s famous musical �The Right of Spring�. In this classic Russian composition, �The Dance of the Young Girls� can be seen as a control display of both beauty and form in the world. Once more, perception is in the eye of the beholder and the perception that comes from Matisse is that of feminine beauty and worldly appeal. With �The Dance�, the artist Matisse could then further his career and life with other great works of art.

Money Opened Many Doors 19th Century That seemed to be the commonality of great artists in the 18th, 19th, and even 20th century. The initial well-received and popular piece could then fund decades of introspective and 100% creative mindsets of the artist. All without having to worry about commission and how the starving artist was going to go about paying the living expenses let alone fund more work. Matisse was more than just a great artist he was a great friend and this can be demonstrated with his philanthropic attitude and creative goodwill upon the peoples of both Europe and the world. -- iS