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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dance canonical | 5 |
| La Danse | 2 |
| La Danse (noted for baroque energy) | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName |
Henri Matisse
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
The Dance
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
La Danse
|
| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | pair with Music ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Music ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
joy
ⓘ
movement ⓘ primitivism ⓘ rhythm ⓘ |
| title | The Dance self-link ⓘ |
| uses |
bold color
ⓘ
expressive line ⓘ simplified form ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Dance (Matisse)
this entity surface form:
La Danse
this entity surface form:
La Danse
this entity surface form:
La Danse (noted for baroque energy)