START WITH ART: Apple

Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining the oil painting pictured below. Take a look at the artwork then read the questions to the students/children in your life and see how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!

Title: Apples

Artist: Henri Matisse

Date: 1916

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 116.5 × 89.5 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• What is depicted in this painting? 

• Does it appear that the apples are about to slide off the table? Why do you think that Matisse painted the table and apples this way?

• Compare this painting to a similar painting at the Chrysler Museum. What similarities and differences do you see?

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