Derain –Portrait de Matisse

1905 öl 460 x 349 mm Tate

This work was made during a holiday at the

fishing port of Collioure in the south of France in

1905, when Matisse and Derain painted

portraits of each other. Under Matisse’s

influence, Derain had begun to use strong, non-

naturalistic colours, applied in small separate

brushstrokes, to convey the sensations of light

and shade. Their radical use of colour led critics

described them and their associates as ‘Fauves’

or wild beasts, and ‘Fauvism’ became an

important parallel to the rise of Expressionism in

Germany.

Portraits