Passion, energy and depth · Red as pictorial force

From the sky of the Cree to the interiors of Matisse, red attracts, structures and transforms the image by expressing passion, danger, warmth or modernity.

Red has immediate visual power, but its uses are very diverse. In The Scream, Munch ignites the sky and makes color the extension of inner anguish. Egon Schiele places Wally Neuzil in front of a red surface which strengthens the face, hair and gaze without constructing a narrative setting. Franz Marc fragments Renards into red and orange planes which give the animal an almost crystalline energy. Matisse goes further with L'Atelier rouge: red covers walls, floors and furniture which give the animal an almost crystalline energy. Matisse goes further with L'Atelier rouge: red covers walls, floors and furniture which give the animal an almost crystalline energy. Matisse goes further with L'Atelier rouge: red covers walls, floors and furniture which give the animal an almost crystalline energy. Matisse goes further with L'Atelier rouge: red covers walls, floors and furniture which give the animal an almost crystalline energy. Matisse goes further with L'Atelier rouge: red covers walls, floors and furniture which give the animal an almost crystalline energy. Matisse goes further with L'Atel Red Paintings notably features Le Cri - Edvard Munch and Portrait of Wally Neuzil - Egon Schiele. His reading favors atmosphere.

Red never remains neutral: even when stationary, it seems to advance towards the eye and modify all the colors that surround it.