Tana Matisse and Picasso

Picasso & Matisse
Picasso and Matisse were two famous painters. They were  friends when they met at a Paris artist school. Matisse was born on December 31st , 1869 at Northern France. Picasso was born on October 25th , 1881 at Malaga Spain. In 1973 Picasso died on the month of April. Matisse died in the age of 84 becoming recognized as a modern artist. One of Matisse’s famous paintings is called ‘Woman with a Hat. Picasso had a famous painting  named The Weeping Woman. I am going to compare and contrast these two paintings.



Although both Picasso's Weeping Woman and Matisse’s Woman with a Hat are portraits of Women they have different themes. The theme of Picasso's  Weeping woman is war. It is showing suffering, anguish and sadness.  Matisse’s mood of drawing is neutral, not sad and not happy. He was  experimenting with colours and a style of painting called fauvism.


Picasso and Matisse used bright  but different colours. Picasso main colours are red, orange and yellow. But he also used green. They are strong colours.  Picasso and Matisse both used unrealistic colours. Matisse used different colours to show shading.


Matisse and Picasso have got different kinds of outline and style. Picasso’s painting has got strong bold outlines and they are dark. Picasso has got two view points but Matisse has got one.  Matisse showed his shapes through different colours.

Both Picasso and Matisse were good famous artists .Their paintings are known all around the world.