The Green Stripe

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The Green Stripe is a 1905 Fauvist portrait by Henri Matisse of his wife Amélie, notable for its bold use of a green line to divide and model the face.

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The Green Stripe canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fauvist painting
painting
artisticStyle Fauvism
associatedWithEvent 1905 Salon d'Automne
associatedWithMovement early Fauvist experiments in color
collection Statens Museum for Kunst
countryOfOrigin France
creator Henri Matisse
creatorNationality French
depictedPerson Henri Matisse's wife
depictedPersonRelationshipToArtist wife
depictionType bust-length portrait
depicts Amélie Matisse
Amélie Noellie Matisse
linked to: Amélie Matisse

Madame Matisse
linked to: Amélie Matisse
exhibitedAt Salon d'Automne 1905
linked to: Salon d'Automne
genre portrait
hasColorProperty strong contrast between warm and cool tones
vivid complementary colors
hasSignificance iconic example of expressive color in modern art
key work in the development of Fauvism
hasWorkType easel painting
inception 1905
influencedBy Paul Gauguin
Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
languageOfTitle English
French
locatedIn Copenhagen
Denmark
location Statens Museum for Kunst
mainSubject Madame Matisse
linked to: Amélie Matisse
materialUsed oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Fauvism
notableFeature bold green vertical line dividing the face
expressive brushwork
non-naturalistic use of color
orientation vertical
partOf collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
support canvas
title La Raie Verte
linked to: La Raie verte

Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line
The Green Stripe
usesColorAs means of modeling the face
structural element

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La Raie verte alternativeName The Green Stripe
The Green Line title The Green Stripe
The Green Stripe title The Green Stripe