The Dance

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The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Fauvist painting
painting
artForm oil on canvas
artist Henri Matisse
background vivid simplified landscape
collection Hermitage Museum
commissionedBy Sergei Shchukin NERFINISHED
completionDate 1910
countryOfOrigin France
creator Henri Matisse
creatorBirthName Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse
creatorNationality French
depicts circle of nude figures dancing
dance
five nude dancers
human figures
genre Fauvism
hasPart The Dance (figures)
inception 1910
influencedBy folk dance
modernism
languageOfTitle English
locatedIn Saint Petersburg
locatedInCountry Russia
location Hermitage Museum
mainColor blue
green
red
materialUsed oil paint
movement Fauvism
notableFor expressive composition
intense flat color fields
radical simplification of form
originalTitle La Danse
originalTitleLanguage French
partOfSeries pair with Music
relatedWork Music
support canvas
theme joy
movement
primitivism
rhythm
title The Dance
uses bold color
expressive line
simplified form

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
La Danse (1909–1910) ("La Danse")
The Dance
The Dance (Matisse)
title
Henri Matisse
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux ("La Danse (noted for baroque energy)")
notableWork
The Dance ("La Danse")
originalTitle
La Danse (1909–1910)
translatedTitle

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