Seen here, "The Dance", by this "wild man" of art, was painted during his Fauvist period
Given the reputation Matisse had acquired as the"wild man" of 
modernist color, .... of the dance, a theme that had preoccupied him since his 
early Fauve... [DOC] [TLE] Munch | The Comics Journal [PAR] Mar 20, 2015 ...