Few artists in art history have had as broad an impact on art and culture as French painter Henri Matisse. His distinctly colorful style and often quite experimental works attracted the attention of many collectors and critics and made him, alongside Picasso, one of the best-known and most influential artists of the early 20th century.

Matisse's work is quite interesting in many ways, but I want to draw attention today to his consistent resistance to painting's tendency to depict its subjects realistically. Inspired by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters who had sought new ways of painting reality before him, Matisse would devise his own painting methods that went even further in the search for what he called "an art of balance , purity and serenity.

This search would lead Matisse to create luminous and colorful works which, during his career, would push the limits of representation further than ever, in search of a deeper sense of beauty than art, according to him, could reveal in the world around us.

Today we are going to discuss Matisse's works, processes and ideas to try to understand what his art was all about. We will discuss his development as an artist, the ideas and methods behind his work and the impact they have had not only on modern art but also on our contemporary visual culture.

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