Henri Matisse French Gouache Nude Art Basel Galeri for Auction at 888 Auctions on Mar 14, 2019

Henri Matisse French Gouache Nude Art Basel Galeri – March 14 2019

Gouache on paper, framed, featuring reclining nude woman. Signed H. Matisse on the lower right corner. Stamped Examination by Art Basel Galerie on verso. Attributed to Henri Matisse (1869-1954, French).19.5 x 28 cm (7.7 x 11 inches), frame size: 27 x 35.5 cm (10.6 x 14 inches), PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate

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Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was one of the most influential French artists of the 20th century. Matisse’s use of unmodulated color, inventive figuration, and decorative patterns helped redefine many of the formal tenets of painting. “What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter,” he once said.

Born Henri-Emile-Benoît Matisse on December 31, 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambresis, France, he took to art relatively late in life after initially pursuing law. First studying painting under Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he quickly adopted the Pointillist ideas espoused by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. With Pointillism as a point of departure, Matisse along with Albert Marquet and Andre Derain, developed a radical method of using pure color to express light, in what became known as Fauvism.

Matisse would return to a style which incorporated both naturalistic and decorative elements, as evinced in his painting Goldfish (1911). In the decades that followed, the artist spent much of his time in the South of France. He painted models dressed as odalisques and ocean views from his hotel room. Late in his career, while bedridden, Matisse produced a number of cutout paper works, including Blue Nude II (1952). The artist died on November 3, 1954 in Nice, France. In 2018, the artist’s Odalisqque couchee aux magnolias (1923) sold for $80,750,000 at Christie’s, an auction record for Matisse.

Today, his works are held in the collections of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery in London, among others.

Auction Overview

Richmond Hill, ON – 448 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ March 14th auction featuring the finest in FINE ART, PAINTINGS, ANTIQUES & JEWELRY 2019-03-14. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.

Visit the auction at 888 Auctions during the public viewing period:

Monday, March 11: 10AM-5PM
Tuesday, March 12: 10AM-5PM
Wednesday, March 13: 10AM-5PM
Thursday, March 14: 10AM-1PM