Continuing the Art of Play
July 6, 2022
Artist: Matisse - The Red Studio (L'Atelier Rouge)
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This work depicts Matisse's atelier (studio) that he had built for himself in 1909, entirely awash in one tone of vibrant, rusty red. At 64 inches by 51 inches, the interior still life successfully accomplishes a monumentality while also seeming inviting. Unassertive yellow lines create the outlines of Matisse's furniture, creating objects out of the expansive red space. A grandfather clock sits approximately in the center of the composition, serving as a vertical axis that brings balance and harmony to the spatial discontinuities of the studio. The paintings and objects within the room, seemingly suspended in the sea of red, establish a sense of spatial depth by creating angles and perspective in an otherwise flat picture. They also give the eye a place to rest and bring a sense of harmony to the colors. Most of the objects are painted with whites, blues, and greens, colors that contrast and balance the thinly-applied red paint. There is also a tabletop that dominates the bottom left corner of the canvas, jutting out from the edge as if the viewer were next to it and looking down from a corner of the room. The spatial discontinuities of the table, the objects in the room, the chairs on the right side of the canvas, and the window on the left wall give the sense that this is the artist's environment, dominated by creativity and color more than laws of natural order.
We are taking our inspiration from Matisse's painting The Red Studio 1911.
Please make sure to view the CBS Sunday morning piece that was aired a couple of weeks ago.
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Warm-up + Project:
We will include the warm-up time in the final project as I think we will need the entire time to complete the project.
Taking inspiration from The Red Studio I would like to focus on your individual workspaces/studio as the subject of your artwork. You do not have to paint or create in the style of Matisse although this would be an interesting approach to take.
Draw, sketch, paint, and collage your space or a specific view, corner, or part of your creative space. You may draw using perspective or take a flat approach. Details are fine or just the impression of the space. All these choices will be individual.
What I would like you to try to do is capture the essence of the space, your emotions your feelings when you sit down to create wherever that may be in your home.
You do not have to have a dedicated studio space.
You may include pieces you have done before, on the table, or hanging across the room. All these decisions will be your personal view of where you work and how it makes you feel.
I am excited to see what we all come up with for this project.
The Red Studio | L'Atelier Rouge
A few pieces depicted in The Red Studio.
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