Le bonheur de vivre - wikipedia Le bonheur de vivre For other uses, see Joy of life. Le bonheur de vivre Artist Henri Matisse Year Between October 1905 and March 1906 Medium Oil on canvas 176.5 cm × 240.7 cm ( 69.5 in × 94.75 in ) Location Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Le bonheur de vivre ( The Joy of Life ) is a painting by Henri Matisse. Along with Picasso 's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Le bonheur de vivre is regarded as one of the pillars of early modernism. The monumental canvas was first exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants of 1906, where its cadmium colors and spatial distortions caused a public expression of protest and outrage. Contents 1 Description 2 Inspiration 3 Conservation 4 References 5 External links Description In the central background of the piece is a group of figures that is similar to the group depicted in his painting The Dance ( 1909 -- 10 ). In the picture, there are several nude bodies of women and men in a landscape drenched with vivid color. Inspiration `` The work is known to have invigorated fellow artists, especially Pablo Picasso, who, in an effort to outdo Matisse in terms of shock value, immediately began work on his watershed Les Demoiselles D'Avignon '', writes Martha Lucy, associate curator at the Barnes Foundation. James B. Cuno and Thomas Puttfarken suggest that the inspiration for the work was Agostino Carracci 's engraving of Reciproco Amore or Love in the Golden Age after the similarly named painting by the 16th - century Flemish painter Paolo Fiammingo. Based on the many similarities with the engraving, in particular its theme of pastoral fantasy and its composition with the circle of dancers in the background, Cuno came to the conclusion that Carracci 's engraving had a decisive influence on the final composition of Le Bonheur de Vivre. According to Hilton Kramer Le bonheur de vivre, owing to its long sequestration in the collection of the Barnes Foundation which never permitted its reproduction in color, is the least familiar of modern masterpieces. Yet this painting was Matisse 's own response to the hostility his work had met with in the Salon d'Automne of 1905, a response that entrenched his art even more deeply in the esthetic principles that had governed his Fauvist paintings which had caused a furor and which did so on a far grander scale, too. '' ( The `` sequestration '' Kramer referred to relates to the very limited hours of the museum, when its collection was located in suburban Merion, Pennsylvania ; in 2012, the collection was moved to a new, more accessible facility in downtown Philadelphia. ) Conservation Le bonheur de vivre features a large amount of cadmium sulfide - based yellow. Portions of the painting containing cadmium sulfide are turning white or brown, degrading the work. University of Delaware Prof. Robert L. Opila, in collaboration with Barbara Buckley, head of conservation at the Barnes, and Jennifer Mass, a senior scientist and head of the Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory at Winterthur, studied the paint 's material microstructure in an attempt to determine why the cadmium sulfide is changing color. `` It is a very disheartening phenomenon, considering the painting 's position in history, '' says Opila, professor of materials science at UD. Preliminary tests carried out by UD doctoral student Jonathan Church at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ( ESRF ) in Grenoble, France, show that carbon dioxide is reacting with the cadmium sulfide, causing the formation of cadmium carbonate, which is white. Also, the presence of chloride in the paint appears to be acting as a catalyst for the deterioration. Opila and his research team theorize that the binder, an oil similar to linseed oil, may be turning brown. `` The scientific studies being undertaken will contribute significantly to the preservation of the painting and to our understanding of the change that has taken place to the visual appearance of the painting, '' says Buckley. References ^ Jump up to : Martha Lucy, Matisse Mystery, the Barnes Foundation Jump up ^ James B. Cuno, Matisse and Agostino Carracci : A Source for the Bonheur de Vivre, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 122, No. 928, Special Issue Devoted to Twentieth Century Art ( Jul., 1980 ), pp. 503 -- 505 Jump up ^ Thomas Puttfarken, Mutual Love and Golden Age : Matisse and ' gli Amori de ' Carracci, Burlington Magazine 124 ( Apr. 1982 ) : 203 -- 208. Jump up ^ Andrew Graham - Dixon, The Dance by Henri Matisse Archived 2014 - 08 - 09 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Kramer, Hilton, The Triumph of Modernism : The Art World, 1985 -- 2005, 2006, Reflections on Matisse, p. 162. ISBN 0 - 15 - 666370 - 8 ^ Jump up to : UDaily, Matisse Mystery, Materials science reveals clues about pigment degrading on painting, University of Delaware, Dec. 20, 2011 External links Barnes Foundation, Le Bonheur de vivre Photo - oxidative degradation of yellow pigments in Matisse 's Le Bonheur de Vivre ( 1905 - 6 ) : a comparison of XANES, XPS, Raman, and FTIR methodologies. ( O - 1 ) Jennifer Mass ( Winterthur Museum, Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory, Winterthur, Delaware, U.S.A. ) Cadmium yellow degradation mechanisms in Henri Matisse 's Le Bonheur de vivre ( 1905 - 6 ) compared to the Munch Museum 's The Scream ( 1910 ) using chemical speciation as a function of depth, Jennifer L. Mass, et al Fauvism Leaders Henri Matisse André Derain Others Georges Braque Charles Camoin Kees van Dongen Raoul Dufy Othon Friesz Henri Manguin Albert Marquet Jean Metzinger Jean Puy Georges Rouault Louis Valtat Maurice de Vlaminck Paintings Luxe, Calme et Volupté Le bonheur de vivre The Open Window Landscape at Collioure Les toits de Collioure Blue Nude ( Souvenir de Biskra ) Green Stripe Paysage coloré aux oiseaux aquatique Woman with a Hat Influences Paul Cézanne Paul Gauguin Vincent van Gogh Gustave Moreau ( teacher ) Georges Seurat Paul Signac Neo-impressionism Pointillism Salon d'Automne 1905 exhibit Influenced Die Brücke Neo-Fauvism See also Louis Vauxcelles ( critic ) Henri Matisse Works Woman Reading ( 1894 ) Le Mur Rose ( Landscape, the Pink Wall ) ( 1898 ) Notre - Dame, une fin d'après - midi ( A Glimpse of Notre - Dame in the Late Afternoon ) ( 1902 ) Luxe, Calme et Volupté ( Luxury, Calm and Pleasure ) ( 1904 ) La Raie Verte ( The Green Line ) ( 1905 ) The Open Window ( 1905 ) Woman with a Hat ( 1905 ) Les toits de Collioure ( 1905 ) Landscape at Collioure ( 1905 ) Le bonheur de vivre ( 1906 ) The Young Sailor II ( 1906 ) Self - Portrait in a Striped T - shirt ( 1906 ) Madras Rouge ( 1907 ) Blue Nude ( Souvenir de Biskra ) ( 1907 ) The Dessert : Harmony in Red ( The Red Room ) ( 1908 ) Game of Bowls ( 1908 ) Bathers with a Turtle ( 1908 ) Dance ( 1910 ) Music ( 1910 ) Still Life with Geraniums ( 1910 ) L'Atelier Rouge ( 1911 ) The Conversation ( 1908 -- 1912 ) Zorah on the Terrace ( 1912 ) Window at Tangier ( 1912 ) Le Rifain assis ( 1912 ) View of Notre - Dame ( 1914 ) Woman on a High Stool ( 1914 ) Le rideau jaune ( The Yellow Curtain ) ( 1915 ) The Window ( 1916 ) The Painter and His Model ( 1917 ) The Music Lesson ( 1917 ) Piano Lesson ( 1918 ) Interior A Nice ( 1920 ) Odalisque with Raised Arms ( 1923 ) Yellow Odalisque ( 1926 ) The Back Series ( 1909 - 1930 ) The Dance II ( mural ) ( 1932 ) Robe violette et Anémones ( 1937 ) Woman in a Purple Coat ( 1937 ) La Blouse Roumaine ( 1940 ) Annelies, White Tulips and Anemones ( 1944 ) L'Asie ( 1946 ) Le Lanceur De Couteaux ( 1947 ) Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge ( 1947 ) The Plum Blossoms ( 1948 ) Beasts of the Sea ( 1950 ) Facial - maschera ( red ) ( 1951 ) The Sorrows of the King ( 1952 ) Black Leaf on Green Background ( 1952 ) La Négresse ( 1952 ) Blue Nude II ( 1952 ) The Snail ( 1953 ) Le Bateau ( 1953 ) Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence ( Chapel of the Rosary ) Jazz ( book ) People Pierre Matisse Paul Matisse Lydia Delectorskaya Museums Matisse Museum ( Le Cateau ) Musée Matisse ( Nice ) Related An Essay on Matisse Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_bonheur_de_vivre&oldid=816080682 '' Categories : 1906 paintings Collection of the Barnes Foundation Paintings by Henri Matisse Nude art Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español فارسی Français Hrvatski Italiano Português Edit links This page was last edited on 19 December 2017, at 03 : 47. 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Question: the joy of life was painted in which style
Answer: early modernism