1930
charcoal
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1930 charcoal by Henri Matisse, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a man’s face and shoulders in soft charcoal. His hair is thin, his suit jacket plain, and his expression calm but serious. The lines are loose, almost sketchy, with no hard edges. The artist used quick, light strokes to suggest form instead of filling in details. This style makes the face feel more like a quick thought than a polished study. Try looking up scumbling to see how artists use similar loose strokes.
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: ; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.
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