Question

In Henri Matisse's Le Bonheur de vivre ( The Joy of Life), the expressive use of color demonstrates the influence of Post-Impressionist paintings by __________.

Answer 1

Answer: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Paul Cezanne.

Explanation:

Matisse's ‘Le Bonheur de vivre’ (meaning ‘The Joy of Life’) use of color was greatly influenced by the Post-Impressionists, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Paul Cezanne.

However, Matisse use areas of flat, brilliant, unnatural colour and form outline, which has close resemblance to that of Van Gogh, to establish his own style. He described it as a "decorative panel" and was initiated for the popular Russian collector, Sergey Shchukin’s dinning room.

However, this Fauvist painting as described based on the principle of Impressionism it retained, generally lack a central focal point.

The whole image appears flat because the scene is a design elicited for flat painting, rather than the suggested beliefs of people that he was trying to create a new representation.