Henri Matisse Musee Toulouse – Lautrec Albi
£1,300.00
Henri Matisse Musee Toulouse Poster – Lautrec Albi, 1961, Lithograph
Original vintage exhibition poster for Henri Matisse Musee Toulouse lithograph “Intérieur rouge, nature morte sur table bleue” by Charles Sorlier, Mourlot. Created for the Matisse exhibition at the Toulouse-Lautrec museum in the french town Albi.
Dimensions: 75 x 51,3 cm
Year: 1961
Signed in plate
Condition: A | Excellent vintage condition no rips tears, slight foxing to the bottom edge.
Medium: Lithograph in colors “Intérieur rouge, nature morte sur table bleue – Red Interior, still life on a blue table” after the 1947 painting, lithographed by Charles Sorlier and printed in the studios of Mourlot. Signed and dated on the stone.
Printer: Mourlot, Paris (Charles Sorlier)
Reference: Lempert, Dr. Herbert Fritz. Künstlerplakate Katalog Nr. 5, Bonn 1991, No. 1621
Comes with a signed and dated certificate of provenance
THE ARTIST
HENRI MATISSE

b.1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
Henri Matisse's artistic journey is one of the most captivating and prolific of the Modern era. His career was defined by artistic experimentation, fierce competition, and an unending pursuit of perfection. His prints are highly collectible works of Modern Art that have stood the test of time, and he is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. His lithography prints are some of the most beautiful examples of his unique artistry and are highly valued by collectors.
He was a Post-Impressionist who rose to prominence as the leader of the French art movement Fauvism. Colourful, expressive brushstrokes and flat, geometric lines defined the aesthetic of Fauvism and the ideals of modernism itself through the artwork of Matisse. Painting, sketching, printmaking, collage, and sculpture were some of the mediums used by the French artist, who often depicted simplified human forms and floral motifs.
Matisse's sculpture and painting were both heavily influenced by the human form. Because he felt that the theme had been ignored in Impressionism, it was significant to him in his Fauvist work. On the one hand, the figure was shattered into sharp fragments, while on the other, it was treated almost as a curvilinear ornament. Some of his work reflects his models' moods and personalities, but more often than not, he used them as vehicles for his own feelings, reducing them to cyphers in his monumental designs.
His artwork has been purchased for tens of millions on the secondary market and is included in numerous museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate, and the Guggenheim. Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and many others were influenced by Matisse's flattened planes and vivid colours. Both he and Picasso were inspired to create and influence 20th-century painting by their infamous rivalry.