Why Was Matisse Important

Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was born December 31, 1869. Matisse was known for his revolutionary effects during the early twentieth century which are his expressive use of color. Examples of his revolutionary and expressive work are of portraits, landscapes, nudes, and interior views causing him to be the very influential. Matisse was inspired by post-impressionists Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh when he lived in Paris. Henri Emile Benoit Matisse was raised in the northern part of France. Matisse worked in the law area during 1887-1889. When he was 21, he began drawing in his free time before going to work every morning during that he realized his vocation was art. When Matisse realized art was his vocation he moved to Paris for training in 1891.Academie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts were the schools that taught a “specific” method which showed work from the Old Masters. Matisse’s work was considered favorable from people looking at his exhibits in Paris during the 1890s. From all his traveling learning new techniques and his exhibits it led him to meet Amelie Parayre which would be his wife as well as the mother of his three kids.
His mother Anna Heloise ran a section of the shop that sold paint where she would help the customer with the color schemes leading to the artist to a sense of color schemes as well. During 1889 when he started to paint it was due to the fact Matisse had an attack of appendicitis leading his mother to give him art supplies to occupy himself. His mother had said she wanted him to paint his emotions instead of following the art “rules”. Whenever he practiced he used pointillist causing everything to seem more expressive. His love for painting was stronger than his love for his wife telling her before they were married that he will always love painting more than he will ever love