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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dance (Matisse) | 0 |
| The Dance (1909 preliminary version) | 0 |
| Matisse’s “Dance” | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fauvist painting
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painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| artist | Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | blue ⓘ |
| collection |
Hermitage Museum
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surface form:
State Hermitage Museum
|
| commissionedBy | Sergei Shchukin ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Trubetskoy Palace, Moscow ⓘ |
| composition | circular ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator |
Henri Matisse
ⓘ
Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| depicts |
circular dance
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dancing ⓘ five nude figures ⓘ |
| describedAs |
iconic work of Fauvism
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landmark of early modernism ⓘ |
| figureColor | red ⓘ |
| foregroundColor | green ⓘ |
| genre | modern art ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
La Danse (1909–1910)
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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
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| locationCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Fauvism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold colors
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dynamic composition ⓘ simplified forms ⓘ |
| numberOfFigures | 5 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
La Danse (1909–1910)
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surface form:
La Danse
|
| partOf | Matisse’s mature style ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Matisse’s “Music”
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surface form:
Music (Matisse)
|
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
dance
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human figure in motion ⓘ joy ⓘ primitivism ⓘ |
| title | The Dance ⓘ |
| width | 390.1 cm ⓘ |
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Matisse’s “Dance”