Red Room (Harmony in Red) was painted by the French artist Henri Matisse in 1908 and 1909, toward the end of his Fauvist period. The use of intense and unnatural color is one of the characteristics of Fauve paintings.
Fauvism
| A style of painting introduced in Paris in the early twentieth century, charaterized by areas of bright, contrasting color and simplified shapes. The name "les fauves" is French for "the wild beasts." | ||
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Red Room (Harmony in Red) was painted by the French artist Henri Matisse in 1908 and 1909, toward the end of his Fauvist period. The use of intense and unnatural color is one of the characteristics of Fauve paintings. |
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