nate coldness.The use of colors in the piece also reflects the Fauve movements in general, which centers around color and its expression function. In fact, Matisse is one of the leading artists in the movement and is largely responsible for its overall impact art and the avant-garde exhibitions and schools of thought. Additionally, the Fauves as a whole believed in the free and lyrical use of color and the right to falsify it instead or mirroring nature exactly, as did Matisse. The Fauves also uses color to create flattened out spaces and figures, such as Madame Matisse in her portrait. The works they created were often observation based, such as portraiture and nature as a subject. All of these elements contributed to Matisse’s ideas about art, in which he took and developed them to another level and so affected the view of art for generations to come. In a social context, Matisse began his professional career as a lawyer and did not discover painting and art until he bought a set of watercolors at some point before 1892. After he did discover his love of art he began to study in Paris in 1892 and spent much time in the south of France, which vastly affected the style of his work.In conclusion, the painting Madam Matisse: The Green Stripe is an embodiment of everything that Matisse himself and the Fauve movement stood for: the lyrical use of color to create “an art of balance, purity, and serenity.” He was able to use the initial ideas created in the Fauve movement and advance them beyond what any other artist in the period had done previously or after. In fact, one might say that Matisse was the artist who ensured the lasting impression of Fauvism on artistic expression and that it would not be what it is today without his influence. ...
