How does Goldfish (Matisse) elucidate its Description and composition?
The 1912 Goldfish painting was unlike other Matisse works featuring goldfish, as the goldfish themselves are the focus of the piece. Matisse continued the use of bright colours found in his Fauvist work on Goldfish. The painting features a "bright orange [that] strongly contrasts with the more subtle pinks and greens that surround the fish bowl and the blue-green background."A still life, the painting features "Matisse's own plants, his own garden furniture, and his own fish tank." Additionally, Matisse's "depiction of space" in the piece creates a tension. The goldfish can be seen from two different angles simultaneously: from the front, where the viewer can immediately recognise them, and from above, where they are "merely suggested by colorful brushstrokes."
still life Matisse works featuring goldfish