Matisse’s “The Dance”

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Matisse’s “The Dance” is a landmark early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold colors and dynamic depiction of five dancing figures in a circular composition.

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Matisse’s “Dance” 1
Matisse’s “The Dance” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fauvist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
artist Henri Matisse ⓘ
backgroundColor blue ⓘ
collection Hermitage Museum ⓘ
surface form: State Hermitage Museum
commissionedBy Sergei Shchukin ⓘ
commissionedFor Trubetskoy Palace, Moscow ⓘ
composition circular ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Henri Matisse ⓘ
Henri Matisse ⓘ
depicts circular dance ⓘ
dancing ⓘ
five nude figures ⓘ
describedAs iconic work of Fauvism ⓘ
landmark of early modernism ⓘ
figureColor red ⓘ
foregroundColor green ⓘ
genre modern art ⓘ
hasVersion La Danse (1909–1910) ⓘ
surface form: The Dance (1909 preliminary version)
height 259.7 cm ⓘ
inception 1909 ⓘ
1910 ⓘ
influenced modernist painting ⓘ
influencedBy Gustave Moreau ⓘ
Paul Cézanne ⓘ
non-Western art ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location Hermitage Museum ⓘ
locationCity St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
locationCountry Russia ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Fauvism ⓘ
notableFor bold colors ⓘ
dynamic composition ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
numberOfFigures 5 ⓘ
originalTitle La Danse (1909–1910) ⓘ
surface form: La Danse
partOf Matisse’s mature style ⓘ
relatedWork Matisse’s “Music” ⓘ
surface form: Music (Matisse)
surface canvas ⓘ
theme dance ⓘ
human figure in motion ⓘ
joy ⓘ
primitivism ⓘ
title The Dance ⓘ
width 390.1 cm ⓘ

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Hermitage Museum → notableWorkHoused → Matisse’s “The Dance” ⓘ
Matisse’s “Music” → relatedWork → Matisse’s “The Dance” ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matisse’s “Dance”