Curator Talk | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism”
Ann Dumas, consulting curator for European art
Henri Matisse, Landscape at Collioure (Study for “The Joy of Life”), 1905, oil on canvas, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. © 2024 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
André Derain, The Pier at L’Estaque, 1906, oil on canvas, private collection, photograph courtesy of David Levy & Associés, Brussels. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, ADAGP, Paris
March 24, 2024
Ann Dumas, consulting curator for European art, provides an insider’s look at Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism. The exhibition reveals how the partnership of Henri Matisse and André Derain changed the course of French painting. Find out more about the summer they spent in a French fishing village, their daring experiments with energetic bursts of color, and the meaning behind “Fauvism.”
Plan Your Visit
- This program is included with Museum admission.
- The talk takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. The exhibition is located on the upper level of the Law Building.
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All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
“Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism” was organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
This exhibition is made possible in part by a grant from:
Lead Corporate Underwriter:
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Additional generous support is provided by:
Cherie and Jim Flores
Linnet F. Deily
Nancy Pollok Guinee
Carla Knobloch
Rand Group
Polly and Murry Bowden
Bettie Cartwright
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
Rosanette S. Cullen
Samuel F. Gorman