Henri Matisse, Paysage Marocain (Acanthes)

DETAILS:  Artist l Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Artwork l  Paysage Marocain (Acanthes) 1912  Size I 50cm X 70cm  ​Printed in Sweden.  © Succession H Matisse/Bildupphovsrätt 2018.   In the winter of 1912, Henri Matisse travelled to Tangiers in Morocco, inspired by a major exhibition on Islamic art he had seen in Munich in 1910. After weeks of pouring rain, the sun brought the light he had been looking for. In the painting, the ground is blue on pink, and overgrown with thriving acanthus leaves, like the ones he saw in the lush garden where he worked. Matisse wanted to channel the inner expressive capacity of colours, like the dripping humidity, growth and inner force conveyed in this painting. The Moroccan landscape looked just the way he had imagined after seeing the romantic painter Eugène Delacroix’s scenes from Morocco, and reading Pierre Loti’s Travel Memoir “In Morocco”.     1912년 겨울 Henri Matisse /앙리 마티스는 모로코의 Tangiers (탕혜르) 로 여행을 떠나, 그곳에서 받은 영감을 그려냈습니다. 몇주째 쏟아지던 폭우후에 비추는 태양빛, 핑크빛위