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.
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Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Fauvist painting
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painting → |
| artForm |
oil on canvas
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| artist |
Henri Matisse
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| background |
vivid simplified landscape
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| collection |
Hermitage Museum
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| commissionedBy |
Sergei Shchukin
NERFINISHED
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| completionDate |
1910
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| creator |
Henri Matisse
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| creatorBirthName |
Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse
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| creatorNationality |
French
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| depicts |
circle of nude figures dancing
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dance → five nude dancers → human figures → |
| genre |
Fauvism
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| hasPart |
The Dance (figures)
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| inception |
1910
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| influencedBy |
folk dance
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modernism → |
| languageOfTitle |
English
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| locatedIn |
Saint Petersburg
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| locatedInCountry |
Russia
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| location |
Hermitage Museum
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| mainColor |
blue
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green → red → |
| materialUsed |
oil paint
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| movement |
Fauvism
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| notableFor |
expressive composition
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intense flat color fields → radical simplification of form → |
| originalTitle |
La Danse
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| originalTitleLanguage |
French
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| partOfSeries |
pair with Music
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| relatedWork |
Music
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| support |
canvas
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| theme |
joy
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movement → primitivism → rhythm → |
| title |
The Dance
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| uses |
bold color
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expressive line → simplified form → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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La Danse (1909–1910)
("La Danse")
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The Dance → The Dance (Matisse) → |
title |
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Henri Matisse
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux ("La Danse (noted for baroque energy)") → |
notableWork |
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The Dance
("La Danse")
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originalTitle |
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La Danse (1909–1910)
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translatedTitle |