Henri Matisse, Model and Oranges (1953)

DETAILS:  Artist l Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Artwork l  Model og appelsiner (1953) Size l 82cm x 124cm  Published in Denmark by Louisiana Museum    Louisiana poster with the work, Model and oranges, (1953), by the French artist, Henri Matisse. The poster was originally printed in connection with Louisiana's first exhibition with Matisse, in 1985, and is today part of the museum's special selection of Louisiana poster classics. The work 'Model and oranges' was created by Henri Matisse a year before his death, and is a lithograph with few colours, simple lines and a lot of shape. Matisse wanted to simplify the idiom and challenge the color harmonies that were used at the time.  Henri Matisse is famous for his use of both color and form in painting. In 1890 - after a long hospital stay - he really tried his hand at painting and subsequently moved to Paris. Here impressionism influenced him for a period, but in 1905 he was at the forefront of a number of younger French artists, and develop