#the fauves

[impressionim-paintings]

Blue Villa

Artist: Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Date: 1918

Medium: Oil on academy board

Collection: Barnes Foundation Art Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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Blue Villa

Artist: Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)

Date: 1918

Medium: Oil on academy board

Collection: Barnes Foundation Art Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Description

During his early Nice period, Matisse renewed his interest in landscapes. With their small formats and naturalistic effects of light and shadow, these works reflect the influence on impressionism on the artist. Matisse likely painted this view of la villa bleue on Mont Boron, where he moved after his living quarters were twice requisitioned for the housing of soldiers during World War I. The artist later recalled that these landscapes, which he typically completed in two or three sittings, helped to occupy him while he was waiting for news from the front, where his son Jean was serving in the French army.

[doctorwookie]

Are you also a dog person? If so, this tune, by an old indie band from Australia, might be one of your personal anthems too.

Dogs are the Best People by The Fauves

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Steven Shearer The Fauves, 2008-09 Oil on canvas, framed 184.3 x 139.3 x 4.5 cm 

[sillyrabbit81]

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This is bananas. BANANAS. I cannot take credit for the discovery. This comes courtesy of my buddy, Hal:

I had a feeling you'd love that song! Lemme try to do a short version of the background: there's a comic book writer named Grant Morrison. Big deal now because of superhero shit, but they did more indie/subversive shit in the 90s, which led to them being my favorite writer and my general role model for a long time. (There's a whole-ass documentary if you REALLY love homework.) But before all that, they were in various bands in his 20s-- nothing big, nothing easy to come by, but I LOVE the little bit of what I've heard, and that song is my favorite. That band was called The Fauves, and that song was on a former member's website that no longer exists-- meaning that song is now publicly available NOWHERE, and not even mentioned on Discogs. Kind of a personal mission at this point to get it the attention it deserves!

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Installation view, Steven Shearer, The Brant Foundation, 2016

From left:

Steven Shearer Night Train, 2009-2010     Oil on linen, artist’s frame 79.4 x 64.1 cm Steven Shearer The Fauves, 2008-09 Oil on canvas, framed 184.3 x 139.3 x 4.5 cm  Steven Shearer Boy with Orange and Green Face, 2007 Oil on linen 50.8 x 40.6 cm

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Steven Shearer The Fauves (detail), 2008-09 Oil on canvas, framed 184.3 x 139.3 x 4.5 cm