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Color, bright, preferably. This is the signature of Matisse, one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. An exhibition at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris highlights his work during the 1930s. A turning point in the work of the artist, who went to Tahiti and found a new source of inspiration there.
At the dawn of spring, Henri Matisse settles in the Tuileries Garden, at the Musée de l’Orangerie. The exhibition focuses on a pivotal period in his life, the 1930s. Matisse was already a recognized painter, but as he approached his sixties, he went through a crisis of inspiration. His anxiety shines through in this famous painting from New York, Woman with a veil. To find new sources of inspiration, Matisse travels, notably to New York and to Tahiti.
Matisse documents his work
He feels the need to reinvent himself by experimenting with new techniques. The large pink nude, from Baltimore, is a canvas from 1935, emblematic of his research. Yellow, blue, pink, these pure, almost acid colours, practically make it an abstract painting. Matisse had the decisive stages of his composition photographed. He documents his work, from his first idea to the final version of the painting, very refined. He will do the same with The Romanian Blouse, one of his iconic paintings. The exhibition highlights the talent of a painter who, until his death in 1954, never rested on his laurels.
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