Early representations of music in the work of Henri Matisseįrom 19, Matisse began in earnest to depict musical subjects, painting numerous allegories such as Le Bonheur de vivre, in which the chalemie and aulos are danced and played, or La Musique (sketch), in which he features a violinist. Cafés-concerts, popular balls, or even Harcourt and Colonne concerts, allowed him to deepen his knowledge of classical music.įrom the Opéra-Comique to Catalan sardanas and other traditional farandoles on the ports of Collioure, through numerous performances of classical ballets, Matisse will not cease to develop his passion for music. The encounter between Henri Matisse and musicĪfter leaving his native Picardy in the early 1890s, Matisse moved to Paris where, in parallel with his artistic practice, he developed a passion for music. " The painter chooses his color in the intensity and depth that suits him like a musician chooses the timbre and intensity of his instruments " (Maria Luz, " Testimony ", 1952, EPA, P248). Representations of music and their performers are very numerous in the art of Henri Matisse, whether in drawings, engravings, paintings or cut-out gouache paper and even, to a lesser extent, sculpture. Thus, the art of Henri Matisse is part of a long tradition of links between painting, music but also dance. Throughout his life, his various pictorial researches were carried out in environments impregnated with music, a major source of inspiration, which allows him to evoke movement, rhythm, joy, melancholy or even rest.
In a very concrete way, first of all, it is a personal passion he plays the violin from his youth and has his children taught to play this instrument as well as the cello or the piano. The links between Henri Matisse and music are close and complex.
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