Comparison essay about two paintings

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Pablo Picasso vs Henri Matisse

Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were the two most famous painters of their time. They were artistic rivals, but also good friends who were different in many ways. Most obviously, their painting styles were very different. Matisse was known for his use of strong colors, while Picasso was famous for his strange shapes and forms. The personalities of the two great painters differed, too. Matisse was calm, quiet, and intellectual. On the other hand, Picasso was energetic, loud, and active. But, despite these differences, the two men remained good friends. Each influenced the other's style and subjects through their artistic work. Although they were very different, both as men and artists, these two great men admired each other as painters and liked each other as friends. However, they have differences in their background and painting skills.

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga. He started drawing when he was eight years old. The pictures that Picasso painted at the age of fifteen have become very famous. His father, José Ruiz Blasco, supported his family by teaching drawing at the local art school. Henry Matisse lived in the same time with Pablo Picasso. He was born in France in 1869, twelve years earlier than Picasso, but Matisse began painting rather late. His first artworks he painted at the age of 28. Matisse’s most paintings are great examples of expressionism(where is???). However, some of his works are considered to relate to another movement, referred to as fauvism. The meaning of fauvism is “an early movement in 20th-century painting characterized by an emphasis on the use of unmixed bright colors for emotional and decorative effect” (free dictionary).

What made Matisse's work powerful was his keen understanding of how elements worked together. Matisse knew that colors and shapes can come to life more when not used in the traditional setting. And that was exactly what Matisse wanted. He struggled to make figures beautiful by making them simpler, to show essence by erasing detail. This led him to the child's art of paper cutout. A classic example of this style is "Beasts of the Sea", whose colors and geometry gave observes a vivid of fishes, seahorse, water weeds, and sea cucumbers. Pablo Picasso was just like Matisse. He wanted to weed out the artificial and put the freshness of a first sketch, on a final painting. So even if he could draw better than anyone else, he did not. Matisse liked painting to look unfinished, while Picasso was intent on tearing everything apart. Each one took different approaches and sampled different techniques. But between the two of them, they created modern art. Picasso's works largely influenced the art movement, Cubism, where subjects are broken up cubes, so that they can be viewed from different angles at the same time. Cubists avoided the usual treatment of space and form. And that was what Picasso did. In his “Still Life With Chair Caning”, Picasso combined real objects, such as a piece of cloth, to his painted work. During his time, this technique was not admired at all. Neither was Matisse's, for that matter. But the two art giants continued to paint the way that they wanted. And by daring to paint the ugly, Matisse and Picasso transformed how society saw beauty in art. (Trachtman).

In conclusion, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were most famous and influential painter in 20th centuries. They had some similarity in their painting skill because Matisse was a teacher and friend of Picasso. However, they had different background and painting skills. Picasso and Matisse continually improved their techniques and designs, in part because each wanted to outdo the other. Their competition didn't stifle either man's creativity. Instead, their friendly rivalry encouraged each man's vision as an artist and allowed this vision to develop further

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