Find your own color like Matisse

Find your own color like Matisse

​Henri Matisse was a French painter. He is one of the important artists active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is also the founder of Fauvism, which dominated the 20th century.

His work provides a visual experience through the combination of color and form, and he is one of the key figures who led the hyper-realism movement through the post-impressionism and surrealism movements.

Matisse persuaded his father, who wanted to become a lawyer, to give him permission to study art in Paris for just one year. Matisse immediately visited Professor William-Adolph Bouguereau, the most famous professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Paris.

Because Matisse started painting late, he was an inferior student who could not even use the basic techniques that other art students had already mastered. The technique that could be recognized by Booger Hou was at the master level. Bugerhou even told Matisse, “You will never be able to do it.” Matisse was devastated. Because what Booger Hou said was right.

Matisse sought a new path in his despair. He went to the Louvre Museum, looked closely at the paintings of the masters, and even drew accordingly. He also explored his own style by going outside and looking honestly at the scenery around him. Above all, the feast of nature, which seemed to be dyed with abundant sunlight, stimulated Matisse's sense of vision. He perfected his own color and style through concern, exploration, and passion. Unlike the achromatic paintings of his existing art world, he chose primary colors as his base painting style.
Later in his life, Matisse became a leading painter of a new painting grammar, and, recalling his youth, Matisse said, “Freedom is choosing the path that one’s talent leads.” Matisse's creation began with his recognition of his own limitations, standing shabby in front of the castle of success achieved by others. At the same time, he turned this despair into his success by finding an area that he wanted to do and was good at and focusing on it.
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​Matisse gave me great courage when I felt limited by seeing the paintings of geniuses. Looking at his paintings, you once again realize that there are no limits to expressing yourself through painting. You also learn that finding and perfecting your own style is entirely your own battle.