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Both artists drew upon new techniques to express their art. Matisse was more drawn to nature and his paintings reveal deeper colors, and richer textures. Picasso was more prone to work from his imagination as opposed to nature and his paintings were often less delineated than Matisses figures are usually situated in a somewhat natural surrounding. In these two paintings, we see how each artist treated the women differently. Matisse situated his subjects in a lush natural setting and Picassos figures are the only objects in the piece except the table and fruit. This setting is less defined and realized than Matisses nature scene. The lines in each painting reveal Matisses fauve influence while Picasso is more intent upon a more primitive look and feel. While different in many ways, both paintings represent art and the artist as diverse creatures that live similar lives

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