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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Joie de vivre & Matisse

The Dance, 1909, Henri Matisse


I'm in an inexplicably good mood this morning. These dancers of Matisse came to mind. While I have seen the work at MoMA, I never took especial notice of it. I'm not sure why my mind landed on this, but it is indeed a joyful work. And the colors!

If you're in need of a color surge to wake you up, may I recommend googling images of Matisse?

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posted by Art @ 7:48 AM 

5 Comments:

Blogger Ed T. said...

I love Matisse, I think he has several different versions of the dancers, no? Definitely a father of modern art, thanks for my morning color!

January 21, 2010 at 10:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Definitely makes me happy!

January 21, 2010 at 11:28 AM  
Blogger Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillow said...

Isn't that one of the wonderful things about taking in great works of art? A few will enthrall us instantly but others can take a long time to work their magic and it is only much later and far away that we see the spell they cast on us. Quite a nice trio you have this morning -- an inexplicably good mood, vibrant colors and Matisse.

January 21, 2010 at 11:39 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I used to have a book of postcards of several Matisse paintings, including this one, with matching stamps. I think I used them all.

January 21, 2010 at 11:20 PM  
Blogger Art said...

He did, Ed, this is the first version that hangs at MoMA.

Yes, LLL, some things work on you slowly. This painting just seemed "nice" but I'm starting to think its rather wonderful.

When I worked for a museum, we always had the best art print cards at our disposal...but I guess I've used all mine too over the years.

January 22, 2010 at 9:40 AM  

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