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Woman with a Hat Flashcards

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To what country did man artists go to during the war?

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To the United States

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What three cities were important artistic centers other than Paris?

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Zurich, Munich and Berlin

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What did Henry Matisse’s father do?

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He was a grain merchent

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When did Matisse first take up painting?

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IN 1889

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When did Matisse study law and in what city?

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From 1887 to 1889 in Paris

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When did Matisse abandon his law career?

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In 1891

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What was Matisse recovering from when he began painting?

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From appendicitis

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Where and with who did Matisse study painting?

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At the Academie Julian in Paris under William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Who did Matisse study with after Bougereau?

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Gustave Moreau a professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts

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What were the style differences between Bougereau and Moreau?

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Bouguereau placed an emphasis on precise imitation of the natural world while Moreau placed a greater emphasis on color and imaginative approaches

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What two artists influenced Matisse?

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Simeon Chardin and Jean-Baotuste-Camille Corort

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To what island did Matisse go to from 1896 to 1897?

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The Belle Ile

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Who did Matisse encounter while on the Belle Ile?

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John Peter Russel

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Who did Marisse mary in 1898?

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Amelle Noelle Parayre

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Where did the Matisse family move?

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To London then Corsica and finally to Toulese

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Who did Matisse become interested in while in London?

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J.M.W. Turner

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Who’s treatment of the human figure influenced Matisse?

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Paul Cezanne

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When was Matisse’s first solo exhibition?

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In 1904 hosted by the Parisian dealer Ambroise Vollard

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What artists were part of the Fauve movement lead by Matisse?

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Andre Derain, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque

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What countries did Matisse visit before World War One?

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Russia, Morocco and Spain between 1911 and 1913

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When did Matisse volunteer for military service?

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In August 1914 but he was rejected because he was 45 years old

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Where did Matisse work during the Great War?

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Paris but he moved to Nice in 1917

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Where did Matisse spend the years between the wars?

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The Mediterranean coast of France

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Where did Matisse travel in the 1930’s?

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To Tahiti and New York

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What did Matisse paint during the 1930’s?

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A mural for the Barnes Foundation and illustrations for James Joyce’s Ulysses

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When did Matisse suffer an illness which made it impossible to travel?

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In 1941

26
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What was one of Matisse’s last works?

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The Chapelle du Rosaire in Venice

27
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During 1948 and 1951 what did Matisse paint?

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Stained glass and murals

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What was Matisse criticized for?

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His daring depictions of space and color

29
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When did Matisse die and why?

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In 1954 from a heart attack

30
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Who served as a model for Matisse’s Woman with a Hat?

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His wife Amelie

31
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Describe Woman with a Hat?

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A woman seated in a chair shown in a 3/4 view with her head turned looking at the viewer. In her gloved hand she holds a fan to her chest indicating her interest in fashion

32
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What colors were used in Woman with a Hat?

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Green in her forehead, nose and jawline; red in her lips and her hair; purple beneath her china and in her hat. Also blue, pink and yellow

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The Woman in Woman with a Hat holding a fan is a reference to works by what artists?

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Mary Cassatt and Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Why is Woman with a Hat arguably personal to Matisse’s wife?

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Because his wife had made hats professionally for ten years and in 1899 had established a shop to help Matisse

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When did Matiss’es wife begin to reemerge as a milliner?

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By 1905

36
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What art historian argued that Matisse’s treatment of his wife is quire personal?

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T.J. Clark

37
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Who did Matisse develop an enduring friendship with?

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Pablo Picasso

38
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Who purchased Woman with a Hat?

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The Stein family in the house of Sarah and Michael Stein before eventually being sold and gifted to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

39
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When and where was Woman with a Hat exhibited?

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At the Salon d’Automne in 1905

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What was the reaction to the 1905 Salon that displayed the paintings of the fauves?

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Critic Louis Vaucelles labeled the fauves wild beasts

41
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What is fauvism characterized by?

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Use of vivid color to express a sense of emotion as well as short choppy brushstrokes to create form

42
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When did Matisse publish the short text called Notes of a Painter?

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In 1908

43
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When was Woman with a Hat?

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1905

44
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John Peter Russell helped Matisse discover the important role of color in the paintings of what two artists?

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Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh

45
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Where did Henri Matisse’s first original works begin to appear?

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While in Toulouse

46
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When were the Fauves first shown together?

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At the Salon d’Automne in 1905

47
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When did Matisse begin to gain a following among progressive collectors?

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After the 1905 exhibition

48
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What was a key example of Matisse’s bold treatment of the human figure after the 1905 exhibition?

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The Joy of Life, 1906 Barnes Foundation

49
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During the war, Matisse and many other artists returned to a?

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Traditional, classical style

50
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The model of Woman with a Hat is dressed to be seen and admired by…?

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The public eye

51
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Where is green used in Matisse’s Woman with a Hat?

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In her forehead

52
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Where is red used in Woman with a Hat?

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In her lips and in her hair

53
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Where is purple used in Woman with a Hat?

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Beneath her chin and in her hat

54
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When had Matisse’s wife been making hats professionally since?

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The age of 23

55
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What Russian collector and textile merchant purchased works by both Matisse and Picasso?

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Segei Shchukin

56
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In what newspaper did Louis Vauscelles criticize the Cubists in?

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Gil Blas

57
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Where was Woman with a Hat gifted?

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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

58
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Fauvism was a short movement largely centered around?

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The 1905 exhibition

59
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How do Fauves create form?

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Through choppy brushstrokes

60
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Where did the Fauves learn brushstroke techniques from?

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The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists

61
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What was the actual color of Amiele’s dress in Woman with a Hat?

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Black

62
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What did Matisse publish in 1908?

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Notes of a Painter, a statement of his artistic methods and intentions

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What did Matisse write about in Notes of a Painter?

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The importance of color to express an emotional state and he asserted the centrality of the human figure in his work

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