Blue Nude
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Blue Nude is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that exemplifies his bold use of color and simplified forms within the Fauvist movement.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting → |
| artHistoricalPeriod |
Modern art
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early 20th century → |
| artist |
Henri Matisse
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| artMovement |
Fauvism
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| cataloguedAs |
Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra)
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| collection |
Baltimore Museum of Art
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| colorDominance |
blue
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| compositionFeature |
flattened pictorial space
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strong contour lines → |
| country |
United States
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| creator |
Henri Matisse
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| depicts |
female nude
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| describedBySource |
early 20th-century painting
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| exhibitedAt |
Baltimore Museum of Art permanent collection
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| genre |
nude painting
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| hasColor |
blue
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green → ochre → |
| hasPart |
reclining female figure
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tropical vegetation background → |
| inception |
1907
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| influenced |
later modernist figurative painting
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| influencedBy |
Henri Matisse’s travels in North Africa
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| languageOfTitle |
English
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| location |
Baltimore Museum of Art
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| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint → |
| medium |
oil paint
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| movement |
Fauvism
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| notability |
iconic work of Fauvism
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| notableWorkOf |
Henri Matisse
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| styleCharacteristic |
bold use of color
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expressive distortion → simplified forms → |
| support |
canvas
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| theme |
exoticism
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female body → sensuality → |
| title |
Blue Nude
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Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Henri Matisse
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Henri Matisse ("Blue Nudes series") → |
notableWork |
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Blue Nude
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Blue Nude ("Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra)") → |
title |
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Blue Nude
("Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra)")
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cataloguedAs |
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The Snail
("Blue Nude II")
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relatedWorkBySameArtist |