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Description: The Joy of Life (Le Bonheur de Vivre)

TitleThe Joy of Life (Le Bonheur de Vivre)

Creator nameMatisse, Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1905–1906

Creation date (description)between October 1905 and March 1906

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions69 1/2 × 94 3/4 in. (176.5 × 240.7 cm)

LocationBarnes Foundation, Philadelphia

https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/7199/Le-Bonheur-de-vivre-also-called-The-Joy-of-Life/

Accession numberBF719

SubjectsPainting, French--20th centuryFauvismLandscape painting, French

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2. Spaces

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Picasso and the Invention of Cubism

Hidden among the geometric planes of Picasso’s summer 1910 painting, Still Life with Glass and Lemon (fig. 12), the attentive viewer will discover a wineglass, a pedestal fruit bowl, and a lemon, resting on a table (fig. 13). The composition recalls numerous still lifes by Cézanne, with their characteristic...

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Pepe Karmel

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.23-47

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00295.2

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Chapter subject tags:CubismCézanne, Paul, 1839-1906Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973Avant-garde (Aesthetics)Braque, Georges, 1882-1963

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.229-253

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Chapter subject tags:Painting--TechniquePost-Impressionism (Art)Painting, French--20th centuryPainting, Dutch--19th centurySymbolism of colorsFauvism

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