Music
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Music (La Musique) is a wall-size painting made by Henri Matisse in 1910. The painting was commissioned by Sergei Shchukin, who hung it alongside Matisse's 1910 Dance on the staircase of his Moscow mansion. Matisse made the painting without any preparatory sketches, and thus the painting bears many traces of modifications. One can virtually trace the steps Matisse took to find the intended effect. As in Dance, the aim was to show man's attainment of a state of completeness by immersion in creativity.
The painting is now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Nas palavras do museu — em russo
Панно "Музыка", парное к "Танцу", создано Матиссом в 1910 г. Уже после договоренности о "Танце", С. И. Щукин пишет Матиссу, что ему "нужно было бы ещё одно панно - сюжетом для него должна была бы быть музыка". Обе работы отличаются абсолютной внутренней замкнутостью, но полноту звучания они обретают только будучи вместе. Поиск композиционного решения "Музыки" был долгим. Матисс работал над огромным холстом без предварительных эскизов. Холст несет в себе следы многочисленных переработок, делая, в какой-то мере, видимым трудный поиск художником оптимального решения. Когда оно было найдено, панно зазвучало в единстве с "Танцем" и в мощном контрасте к нему. Главная идея щукинского ансамбля - обретение человеком полноты бытия через страстное погружение в творчество. "Музыка" строится из тех же элементов, что и "Танец". Тот же экспрессивный аккорд зеленого, красного, синего.
Entretanto, na vida de Henri Matisse
A vida inteira1908
Shchukin's Commission for "Dance" and "Music"
The Russian collector Sergei Shchukin commissioned three decorative panels from Matisse for his Moscow house: "Dance," "Music," and "Bathing" (which remained at the sketch stage). The money of Russian collectors allowed the artist to finally overcome his financial difficulties.
25 December 1908
"Notes of a Painter"
"Notes of a Painter" was published in La Grande Revue, in which Matisse formulated his artistic principles — the need to convey emotion directly through simple means.
January 1908
Opening of the Académie Matisse
With the support of the Steins, Hans Purrmann, and other patrons, Matisse founded a private, non-commercial painting school, where he taught from January 1908 to 1911. About 100 students studied at the academy during that time.
1911
Visit to Russia
In connection with the installation of the panels, Matisse visited Saint Petersburg and Moscow at Shchukin's invitation and was given an enthusiastic reception. The artist admired ancient Russian icons: "Now that is great art."
1912
First Exhibition in the United States
Matisse's first American exhibition was held in New York, organized by Alfred Stieglitz at Gallery 291.
