La Raie verte

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La Raie verte is a famous 1905 Fauvist portrait by Henri Matisse depicting his wife with a bold green stripe dividing her face, emblematic of his radical use of color.

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La Raie Verte 2
La Raie verte canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Fauvist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
alternativeName Portrait of Madame Matisse ⓘ
The Green Stripe ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance emblematic example of Fauvist color theory ⓘ
key work in early 20th-century modernism ⓘ
artisticInnovation deliberate distortion of natural skin tones ⓘ
use of color to define form instead of traditional shading ⓘ
associatedEvent 1905 Salon d'Automne Fauves exhibition ⓘ
background vividly colored background ⓘ
century 20th century ⓘ
colorUsage complementary color contrasts ⓘ
expressive rather than naturalistic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creationLocation France ⓘ
creativePeriod early career of Henri Matisse ⓘ
creator Henri Matisse ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
creatorRole painter ⓘ
culturalStatus iconic work of Fauvism ⓘ
depiction head and shoulders of a seated woman ⓘ
depictionDetail face modeled with patches of contrasting color ⓘ
green stripe runs down the center of the face ⓘ
depictionType bust-length portrait ⓘ
depicts Amélie Matisse ⓘ
Henri Matisse's wife ⓘ
era Modern art ⓘ
exhibitedAt Salon d'Automne (1905) ⓘ
genre portrait ⓘ
hasInfluenced development of expressive color in modern painting ⓘ
hasSubjectRelation spouse of the artist ⓘ
inception 1905 ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
movement Fauvism ⓘ
notableFeature bold green stripe dividing the face ⓘ
radical use of non-naturalistic color ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
strong color contrasts ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage French ⓘ
pictorialFocus face divided by a vertical green band ⓘ
portrays Amélie Noellie Parayre Matisse ⓘ
linked to: Amélie Matisse
style Fauvist ⓘ
subjectGender female ⓘ
yearExhibited 1905 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Green Line → title → La Raie Verte ⓘ
linked to: La Raie verte
The Green Stripe → title → La Raie Verte ⓘ
linked to: La Raie verte