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Ramblings of a retiree in France
Sculpture Saturday #44
Staying with sculptures in museums, here’s one of a series by Henri Matisse which I saw in MoMa, New York.
Matisse said:
I took up sculpture because what interested me in painting was a clarification of my ideas. I changed my method, and worked in clay in order to have a rest from painting where I had done all I could for the time being. That is to say that it was done for the purposes of organization, to put order into my feelings, and find a style to suit me. When I found it in sculpture, it helped me in my painting.
The bust above is part of an important series, the five heads of Jeannette of 1910-13, wherein Matisse radically altered his originally naturalistic conception. In 1910 he worked on the first two versions directly from the model, a young woman named Jeanne Vaderin. Within three years, the remaining heads were produced as variations, intensifying the pear-shaped face, aquiline features, and bouffant hair in the third and fourth versions, and drastically simplifying the structure in the fifth.
This challenge is kindly hosted by Susan Kelly over at No Fixed Plans.
Share a photo of a statue or sculpture – go on, give it a go, you know you want to!
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I vaguely remembered Matisse doing sculpture. Thanks for sharing the background on this and the beautiful photo of this work. Thanks for joining.
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My pleasure
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Fascinating
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Thank you Derrick
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I still need to visit the MoMa!
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One of my fave NY spots
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Thats fascinating Sherry! ❤ Awesome sculpture!
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Thanks
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