Henri Matisse Quiz

When did Henri Matisse create the collage Ivy in Flower?

• Before he was diagnosed with illness

• Just a year before he died

• During his pioneering of the Fauvist style

• After he switched to a more simplified approach to painting

What medium did Matisse work in to create Ivy in Flower?

• Oil painting

• Watercolor painting

• Sculpture

• Collage

What did Matisse use to divide the composition of Ivy in Flower into nine squares?

• A color gradient

• A line drawing

• A grid

• A pattern of leaves

How did Matisse create the leaves for Ivy in Flower?

 

•   a) Carving them out of paper

    

•  b) Painting them on the canvas

     

• c) Cutting them from photographs

    

•  d) Sculpting them out of clay

Where did Matisse move to and switch to a more simplified and calmer approach to painting?

• French Riviera

• Paris

• New York City

• London

What was Matisse's goal in creating art, unlike Edvard Munch?

• To comfort people with soothing art

• To create dark and haunting art

• To pioneer the Fauvist style

• To use loud and vibrant colors

What effect does the grid have on Ivy in Flower?

•    a) It creates chaos and wildness

     

• b) It adds balance and order

     

• c) It makes the composition feel heavy

   

•   d) It hides the leaves from view

What style did Matisse pioneer at the beginning of his career?

•    a) Impressionism

     

• b) Cubism

     

• c) Fauvism

   

•   d) Surrealism

Answer explanation

FAUVISM....

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What museum currently houses Ivy in Flower?

   

•  a) Louvre Museum

     

•  b) Metropolitan Museum of Art

      

• c) Dallas Museum of Art

      

• d) British Museum

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