Members Preview | “Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism”
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
February 23 & 24, 2024
MFAH members are invited to enjoy early access to Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism before the exhibition opens to the public on February 25.
Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a creative partnership in 1905 that changed the course of French painting. The two artists experimented with energetic bursts of color, form, and structure in a bold style called Fauvism (from the French fauve, or “wild beast”). Vertigo of Color features many celebrated works of Fauvism.
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- Members Preview Lecture
Saturday, February 24, 4 p.m.
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- This exhibition is located on the upper level of the Law Building.
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“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