Woman with a Hat

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Woman with hat ( Femme au chapeau ) is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1905. It is his wife, Amélie Matisse represent. The first exhibition of the image at the Paris Salon d' Automne was the occasion of the emergence of the concept of art Fauvism. Woman with hat is part of the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco.

Importance

Matisse made ​​the just-completed work in 1905 from along with the paintings of artist friends such as André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck at the Salon d' Automne. The strongly colored impression of her paintings aroused the indignation of the public and art critics and led to the scandal. There was even an attempt to destroy the painting. Louis Vauxcelles left to the critics ' Donatello chez les Fauves ... " ( " Donatello among the wild beasts " ) carried away; He was referring to a female bust by sculptor Albert Marque (1872-1939) in the middle of the exhibition space that resembled a Renaissance sculpture. His on October 17, 1905, published in Gil Blas comment coined the concept of art of " Fauvism ". Especially Matisse's painting " Woman with Hat ", the largest of its issued images that drew criticism on himself.

Madame Matisse facing the viewer in three-quarter view; she wears an elaborate robe with a magnificent hat. There is no hierarchy between figure and surrounding space, everything is equivalent and equivalent to the overall rhythm is inserted through the sequence of colored areas, freely inspired by the watercolors of Cézanne. Matisse returns in spirit to a processing phase of the Western tradition back to Byzantium, to the deeper sources of the color.

Despite the criticism, the painting was sold. Gertrude Stein's brother Leo bought it for 500 francs in the salon and helped Matisse in this way to greater awareness and increased its market value. 1915 bought Sarah and Michael Stein, after Leo Stein had left the common room, for four thousand U.S. dollars from Gertrude Stein.