Vintage Henri Matisse Beasts of Sea National Gallery Framed Abstract Print 43"

Description

Vintage framed print of Henri Matisse’s “Beasts of the Sea” (1950), housed at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

“Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 - 3 November 1954), one of the undisputed masters of 20th century art, was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Although he was initially labeled a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.”

Condition

Good Overall - Some haziness to frame; crack in plexi

Dimensions

27.75” x 1.125” x 45” / Sans Frame - 26” x 43.25” (Width x Depth x Height)