COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
DMA_.1998.216
AMICA Library Year:
2003
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Benedict, Matthew
Creator Dates/Places:
American, born 1968
Creator Name-CRT:
Matthew Benedict
Title:
Saint Florian
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1997-1998
Creation Start Date:
1997
Creation End Date:
1998
Materials and Techniques:
Gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 96 x 60 in. (243.84 x 152.4 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Dallas Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Dallas, Texas, USA
ID Number:
1998.216
Credit Line:
Dallas Museum of Art, Mary Margaret Munson Wilcox Fund
Copyright:
? Matthew Benedict, courtesy of Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY. Photography courtesy of Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY.
Context:
Camoin was a fellow student with Matisse and Marquet, in the Paris studio of Gustave Moreau. With them he took part in the historic Salon d'Automne of 1905, the exhibition that came to be called the Cage Aux Fauves ("Cage of Wild Beasts"), a term coined by the critic, Louis Vauxcelles. In this painting of 1906, Camoin's use of color was tamer than that of some of his colleagues, but he employed a characteristically flat, Fauvist style, combined with a dark outlining that paid homage to the cloissonisme of Gauguin.Camoin was fond of painting portraits of fellow artists. Here he depicts Emilie Charmy's intense glance as she guides her brush to a canvas, recalling Colette's description of a "subtle brush . . . guided by a lucid passion."
Related Image Identifier Link:
DMA_.1998_216.tif
