GRETA MOLL (final) Flashcards
(30 cards)
artist
henri mattisse
date
1908
title
Portrait of Greta moll
HOW WAS MATTISSE’S ART SCHOOL FUNDED
Matisse’s Art School - funded by Sarah and Michael Stein (patrons of Matisse)
(Michael was elder brother of Gertrude and Leo Stein)
WHY AND WHEN DID MATTISSE OPEN AN ART SCHOOL
In 1908, with the encouragement of Sarah Stein, Matisse opened an art school
SARAH and MICHAEL stein (the older steins), funded his art school
who were the steins
The Steins (Michael and Sarah, as well as Leo and Gertrude) were key patrons for Matisse, making important purchases and bringing new collectors to him
what evidences michael and sarah steins dedication to modernism
-where among american patrons who lent works to the 1913 amory show- bringing european modernism to the US
instituted a weekly open house where they showed their growing collection. Sarah Stein used the open houses as a forum in which to talk about Matisse’s Art and ideas.
WHAT SHOW AND WHEN DID THE STEINS DEDICATE WORKS TO
1913 amory show in the US
how did sarah and micheal stein support mattisse
-patrons, brought new collectors to him
-encouraged and financed his art school
-instituted a weekly open house where they showed their growing collection. Sarah Stein used the open houses as a forum in which to talk about Matisse’s Art and ideas.
importance of this commission to Mattisse
-Matisse’s first commissioned portrait
-was given artistic freedom by patrons as they were such big pioneers of his art: gave them first refusal, ettled on a price of 1,000 francs (quite low for Matisse) and they agreed that if they did not like it then Matisse would keep it.
significance of granting the molls first refusal
-gave him artistic freedom to experiment
Patrons
Oskar and Greta Moll
(were students in Mattisse art school, among the first of his students)
MOLLS CONTEXT
-molls were among first of mattisse’s art students
-Greta was an accomplished artist/ sculptor
-In 1919 the couple moved to Breslau in Germany where Oskar Moll took the position of director of the Academy of Fine Arts.
-went on to build one of the finest collections of mattisse’s work- possessed over 20 of his canvas’s
-also owned works by Picasso, braque, Munch etc
-built an avante garde house in berlin where they displayed their modernist collection (but the home and many of the works were destroyed in the berlin bombing of 1943)
impact of sarah and michael stein’s patronage on this work
Without the support/patronage of Sarah and Michael Stein in establishing his art school, arguably, Matisse would not have come into contact/painted Greta Moll.
HOW WERE THE MOLL’S DEDICATION TO MATTISSE SHOWN
-owned 20 canvas’s by him and where his students
-Greta Moll’s patience through all the sittings (10) is testament of her support of the artist.
HOW MANY TIMES DID GRETA MOLL SIT FOR THIS WORK
Greta Moll’s patience through all the sittings (10) is testament of her support of the artist.
how is the figure depicted
CLOTHING
wears a high coloured shirt which exposes her forearms, and a black skirt.
EXPRESSION
-gazes directly at the viewer with bright eyes and an half smile
FOREARMS
-forearms are jarringly prominent and exaggeratedly curvaceous
cropping
-3/4 length and cropped to give impression of immediacy
prominent forearms significance
inspired by ‘woman with child’ in the Louvre
what famous prop did he use
used his famous blue throw ‘Toile de Jouy’ a prop used in several of his works (particularly still lives)
hung behind her
recalls his interest in textiles
pushes her further into plane
wirls and curves of the throw are evocative of the sitter’s femininity
effect of swirling and curving forms
evocative of sitters femininity
catagorises this as one of his ‘decorative portraits’ (effects more important than identity of the sitter)
what the focus of the painting
identity subsidary to the expression of the artist
colour
complimentary colour adds vitality
(orange table and green shirt) (yellow/orange wall and blue accents of throw)
SHOWS FAUVIST REVERENCE FOR COLOUR THEORY
brushwork
-crude brushstrokes and vibrant colours makes painting look spontaneous
-brushmarks are energetic bold and strong
