Matisse and Picasso

Red Fish with Sculpture, Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954 (85 years)

Born Le Cateau-Cambresis France.
1887-1888 studied law in Paris
1890's studied first at Academy Julian and later under Gustave Moreau at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1901 Exhibited at Salon des Independants (met Vlaminck)
1904 Solo Exhibition at Galerie Vollard, meets Gertrude Stein
enjoyed primitive art and abandoned Impressionism
1907 Paints The Blue Nude
1909 Paints the first version of The Dance
1911 Paints The Red Studio
1912-13 Paints Portrait of the Artist's Wife
1913 Exhibits at the Armory Show in New York (paints: women, still-lifes, interiors)
1918 a Matisse-and-Picasso exhibition opened at the Guillaume Gallery
1920-39 Travels between homes in Paris and Southern France, broadens scope of media including printmaking and set and costume design,
1926 Paints Nude Sitting in an Armchair
1935 Paints Pink Nude
1941-42 Begin decoupes
1950 Creates Stained Glass Interior of the Chapel of the Rosary, Vence
1951 Retrospective exhibit travels the United States as does he.

Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 (92 years)

1881 Born Malaga, Spain, Son of Academic Painter
1895 Move to Barcelona, Studies at the Art Academy
1899 Crucial year in artistic development
1900 First exhibition in Barcelona, visits Paris
1901-04 Blue Period
1904 Settles in Paris, Meets Gertrude Stein
1905 Rose Period
1907 Paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (26 years old)
1908-1911 Analytical Cubistic Stage
1912-1913 Synthetic Cubistic Stage
1918 Marries Olga
1920's Becomes figurative again
1925-30's Involved with the Surrealists
1931 Interested in sculpture
1936 Spanish Civil War affects the artist
1937 Paints Guernica
1939 Major exhibition at the MOMA in NY
1961 Marries Jacqueline Roque
Prolific until his death on April 8, 1973

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