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

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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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henri Matisse → notableWork → The Dance ⓘ
Matisse’s “The Dance” → title → The Dance ⓘ
subject surface form: The Dance (Matisse)
The Dance → title → The Dance self-link ⓘ
The Dance → originalTitle → The Dance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Danse
La Danse (1909–1910) → title → The Dance ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Danse
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux → notableWork → The Dance ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Danse (noted for baroque energy)