The Green Line

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The Green Line is a famous 1905 Fauvist portrait by Henri Matisse depicting his wife Amélie with a bold green stripe dividing her face, exemplifying his radical use of color and form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fauvist painting
painting
portrait painting
artStyle Fauvism
collection Statens Museum for Kunst
surface form: Statens Museum for Kunst collection
colorCharacteristic complementary color contrasts
expressive, arbitrary color
countryOfOrigin France
creator Henri Matisse
creatorNationality French
depictionType bust-length portrait
depicts Amélie Matisse
Amélie Noellie Parayre
depictsSex female
depictsView frontal view of the sitter's face
describedAs iconic work of Fauvism
exemplifies radical use of color and form
exhibitedWith other Fauvist works of 1905 era
genre portrait
hasGreenStripe vertical band running down the center of the face
hasInfluenceOn perception of color in 20th-century painting
inception 1905
influenced development of modern art
languageOfTitle French
location Statens Museum for Kunst
locationCity Copenhagen
locationCountry Denmark
mainSubject Amélie Matisse
surface form: Madame Matisse
materialUsed oil paint
movement Fauvism
notableFeature bold green stripe dividing the face
radical use of non-naturalistic color
simplified, flattened forms
orientation vertical
partOf Matisse's early Fauvist period
subjectRelationshipToArtist artist's wife
support canvas
title La Raie verte
surface form: La Raie Verte

Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line)
surface form: Portrait of Madame Matisse

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The Green Stripe

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