andré Derain, portrait of Matisse, 1905

Question 1

subject

Answer 1

sitter simplified and lack of detail

bold and crude use of line

colour is the real subject- not about identity

Question 2

use of line

Answer 2

bold and crude

Question 3

colour

Answer 3

pure and bright (influence of fauvism)

fauves interested in specific colour theories developed in the 19th C (particulary use of complimentary colours)

complimentary pairings (orangeish flesh and blue shirt, green background and reddish beard)

face divided in 2 halves- shadow on left painted in colour

light translated to colour (influence of impressionist cezanne)

Question 4

background

Answer 4

plain block colour and canvas left in bare parts

Question 5

fauvism context

Answer 5

-met mattisse in 1889, he encouraged him to devote himself to art

-derain and mattisse worked together in the summer of 1905 and displayed their works in salon d’automne

they worked in collioure, south of france in 1905 summer

their display lead to critic Louis vauxcelles naming their works ‘les fauves’- wild beasts- marking the start of fauvism

Question 6

where and when did derain and mattisse work together

Answer 6

-derain and mattisse worked together in the summer of 1905

they worked in collioure, south of france

Question 7

brushwork

Answer 7

-varied and visible (made up of short dabs and longer pulls)

-influence of impressionism van gogh in the impasto

-dotted hair and beard influenced by pointillism of Seurat

-brushwork seen as crude and unfinished

Question 8

when did the fauves see van goghs impasto work

Answer 8

1901, Bernhein Jeune Gallery, paris

Question 9

space and depth

Answer 9

denies volume through bold flat colour applied in blocks

no conventional tonal modelling

eye is trapped on surface due to bright impasto and colour (no screen between subject and viewer)

heads warmer brown and flesh tones thrust forward into our space