compare and contrast / one of fauvism art work vs. cubism

Running head : MATISSE 'S FAUVISM AND PICASSO 'S CUBISM

The Use of Henri Matisse 's Fauvism and Pablo Picasso 's Cubism as Portrayed in their Works

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The Use of Henri Matisse 's Fauvism and Pablo Picasso 's Cubism

as Portrayed in their Works

Most of the time , works of arts are products of the expressive minds of the artists . With this , the artists tend to infuse with their works their personal and subjective thoughts regarding a matter . In visual arts , for example , an artist

is prone to create a painting to express his personal thoughts , opinion , and most especially , emotions . This way of expressing one 's personal feelings through visual arts was a product of a movement called Expressionism , which bloomed in early 20th century Two of the most famous and perhaps even the greatest painters whose works could mainly categorize under this movement are Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso

Henri Matisse serves as the initiator of fauve arts or fauvism . Pablo Picasso , on the other hand , is a man of cubism . Although both artists lived in the era where Expressionism was rampant , it still does not mean that they are very much alike . An analysis of their two works could bare their similarities and differences . For Matisse , it would be Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Stripe ' and Les Demoiselles D 'Avignon for Picasso

First , it would be better if the analysis would start in describing each artist and image . Henri Matisse was born in France in 1869 through a middle class parent . Initially , Matisse studied and practiced law but because of an incident that happened to him , he transferred his interest in visual arts . On of his greatest influence was the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh

Pablo Picasso 's situation was very much different from that of Matisse 's . Born in 1881 in Spain , Picasso grew up already exposed to arts . Picasso 's father was an art teacher who saw the great potential of his son at an early age . Picasso studied arts at an early age through private lessons with his father . Because of this , Picasso 's father is considered one of the artist 's earliest influences . Picasso went to France to pursue a higher education

Matisse 's Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Stripe ' was finished in 1905 . Picasso 's Les Demoiselles D 'Avignon , on one hand was finished in 1907 . Portrait of Madame Matisse ' was basically founded by Matisse 's revolutionized use of colors , a movement he and his fellow called fauvism . Initially , the movement was a product of Matisse 's experiment on the use of colors . He did not particularly liked to be included with the philosophy of impressionist painters . While impressionist painters used natural colors and soft brushes , Matisse introduced his neoimpressionist philosophy by using violent colors vigorous lines , and dramatic pattern . Thus , this marked the birth of fauvism that recognized Matisse as its founder

Fauvism could be evidently seen in Matisse 's Portrait of Madame Matisse . In this...