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L'Escargot (2022)Acrylic painting by Gerard Boersma
20 x 20 x 1cm (unframed)
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Original artwork description
After 1948 Matisse was prevented from painting by ill health but, although confined to bed, he produced a number of works known as gouaches découpées.
These were made by cutting or tearing shapes from paper which had been painted with gouache. The shapes were placed and pasted down by an assistant working under Matisse's instruction. Some of the later ones, such as L'Escargot (French for The Snail), were of very large dimensions, ±2.80m x 2.80m.
'I first of all drew the snail from nature, holding it. I became aware of an unrolling, I found an image in my mind purified of the shell, then I took the scissors,' Matisse said. He has combined pairs of complementary colours - red/green, orange/blue, yellow/purple - to create a particularly vibrant effect. He gave the picture the alternative title La Composition Chromatique (Chromatic Composition).
Materials used:
Acrylic on masonite
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20 x 20 x 1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#woman#realism#pop art#looking at#henri matisse
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Original artwork description
After 1948 Matisse was prevented from painting by ill health but, although confined to bed, he produced a number of works known as gouaches découpées.
These were made by cutting or tearing shapes from paper which had been painted with gouache. The shapes were placed and pasted down by an assistant working under Matisse's instruction. Some of the later ones, such as L'Escargot (French for The Snail), were of very large dimensions, ±2.80m x 2.80m.
'I first of all drew the snail from nature, holding it. I became aware of an unrolling, I found an image in my mind purified of the shell, then I took the scissors,' Matisse said. He has combined pairs of complementary colours - red/green, orange/blue, yellow/purple - to create a particularly vibrant effect. He gave the picture the alternative title La Composition Chromatique (Chromatic Composition).
Materials used:
Acrylic on masonite
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20 x 20 x 1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#woman#realism#pop art#looking at#henri matisse
Gerard Boersma
Netherlands
About
I create colorful and highly detailed works of art to express my love for the modern human as well as my concerns about contemporary society.
My hyperreal paintings are based... Read more