Le Bonheur De Vivre
The references are many but in form and date bonheur de vivre is closest to cézanne s last great image of bathers.
Le bonheur de vivre. Here is a fantastical place full of life and love and free from negativity. Le bonheur de vivre also called the joy of life the barnes foundation in philadelphia is home to one of the world s greatest collections of impressionist post impressionist and early modern paintings. The bathers by paul cezanne like paul cézanne matisse constructs the landscape so that it functions as a stage. The scene depicted in le bonheur de vivre is an expression of pure pleasure.
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. In 1906 henri matisse finished what is often considered his greatest fauve painting the bonheur de vivre or the joy of life it is a large scale painting depicting an arcadian landscape filled with brilliantly colored forest meadow sea and sky and populated by nude figures both at rest and in motion. Cette notion de prise de conscience d un instant propice favorable agréable c est ça qu on appelle le bonheur.
Cette situation est évidemment absurde mais si vous l avez choisie sachez que vous avez très peu de chance de retrouver un jour l équilibre la santé et le bonheur auquel peut être vous. The joy of life. Instead of a contemporary scene in a park on the banks of the seine or other recognisable places in nature matisse has returned to mythic paradise.