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The Joy of Life
The painting depicts a pastoral idyll, a composition full of free, colorful human figures arranged against the landscape background taken from the town of Collioure in southern France. The work combines inspirations from Watteau, Poussin, Japanese woodcuts, Persian miniatures, and 19th-century Orientalist paintings.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Henri Matisse
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Date of birth and death
31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954
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Natinality
French
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Style
Fauvism, Modernism, Post-Impressionism, Cut-outs
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Significant works
Woman with a Hat, The Joy of Life, Blue Nude, La Danse, L’Atelier Rouge, The Snail
Information about the work
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Year:
1905-1906
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
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Theme:
nature, joy, dance, freedom, relaxation, landscape, nudes
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
A collection of independent motifs creating a harmonious whole, rejecting Paul Signac's pointillism in favor of broad fields of color and stylized lines of figures, representing a manifesto of innovative Fauvism.
The key to interpreting the work
Interpret the work as a visual embodiment of the joy of life, expressed through color and form, a sensual interpretation of nature and human connections in 20th-century art.See other works by this artist
