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A still life, the painting features "Matisse's own plants, his own garden furniture, and his own fish tank." [2] Additionally, Matisse's "depiction of space" in the piece creates a tension. The goldfish can be seen from two different angles simultaneously: from the front, where the viewer can immediately recognise them, and from above, where ...
Head of a Woman, from 'Les miroirs profonds: Henri Matisse', Paris, Pierre à Feu: 1947 Wood engraving on paper 24.13 cm x 20 cm Ann Arbor University of Michigan Museum of Art [23] Pierre à Feu, bookcover for "Les miroirs profonds: Henri Matisse", Paris, Pierre: 1947 Color lithograph on paper 24.29 cm x 20.96 cm Ann Arbor
Albert Barnes became one of Matisse's most important patrons. In addition to a commissioned mural in 1932 Dance II, 1932 Barnes acquired many paintings and drawings by Matisse. Pierre Matisse, who was Matisse's son living in New York City, was instrumental in facilitating Barnes in purchasing works from his father. During the early-to-mid-1940s ...
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwa matis]; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship.
Bathers with a Turtle by Henri Matisse in 1907-1908 Henri Matisse. The painting reworks elements from Matisse's 1897 work The Desert. [1] While that work was in an Impressionist style, the intense colors of the later painting are more consistent with Fauvism. The red of the room contrasts with the dark green of the landscape depicted outside ...
Young Woman in White on a Red Background (French: Jeune femme en blanc, fond rouge) is an oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse, from c. 1946. It is held in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Yellow Curtain (French: Le rideau jaune) is a painting by Henri Matisse created in 1915. Its size is 57½ × 38⅛" (146 × 97 cm). It is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Matisse's original title for the painting, Composition, draws attention to its abstract quality.
Still Life with Geraniums is a 1910 oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse. The oil painting is in the collection of Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, to whom it was given in 1912, thus becoming, according to the museum, the first Matisse to enter a public collection. [1] Still Life with Geraniums was one of six paintings in the museum ...