The Green Line

E258174

The Green Line is a famous 1905 Fauvist portrait by Henri Matisse depicting his wife Amélie with a bold green stripe dividing her face, exemplifying his radical use of color and form.

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The Green Line canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fauvist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
artStyle Fauvism ⓘ
collection Statens Museum for Kunst collection ⓘ
colorCharacteristic complementary color contrasts ⓘ
expressive, arbitrary color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Henri Matisse ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
depictionType bust-length portrait ⓘ
depicts Amélie Matisse ⓘ
Amélie Noellie Parayre ⓘ
depictsSex female ⓘ
depictsView frontal view of the sitter's face ⓘ
describedAs iconic work of Fauvism ⓘ
exemplifies radical use of color and form ⓘ
exhibitedWith other Fauvist works of 1905 era ⓘ
genre portrait ⓘ
hasGreenStripe vertical band running down the center of the face ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn perception of color in 20th-century painting ⓘ
inception 1905 ⓘ
influenced development of modern art ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location Statens Museum for Kunst ⓘ
locationCity Copenhagen ⓘ
locationCountry Denmark ⓘ
mainSubject Madame Matisse ⓘ
linked to: Amélie Matisse
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Fauvism ⓘ
notableFeature bold green stripe dividing the face ⓘ
radical use of non-naturalistic color ⓘ
simplified, flattened forms ⓘ
orientation vertical ⓘ
partOf Matisse's early Fauvist period ⓘ
subjectRelationshipToArtist artist's wife ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
title La Raie Verte ⓘ
linked to: La Raie verte

Portrait of Madame Matisse ⓘ
The Green Line ⓘ
The Green Stripe ⓘ

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The Green Line → title → The Green Line ⓘ