Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Tête de femme, Lorette (Head of a woman, Lorette) 1916 Oil on panel, 21.9 x 15.5 cm Private collection Models were hard to come by in World War I Paris. However, at the recommendation of fellow artist Georgette…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Peintre dans son atelier (The Painter and His Model) 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 97 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris The window in the artist’s studio is both a crossing point and a metaphor for painting.…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Autoportrait (Self Portrait) 1900 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Paysage près de Collioure. Etude pour “La Joie de Vivre” (Landscape near Collioure. Study for “The Joy of Life”) 1905 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Compare: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le bonheur de vivre…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) L’Italienne (The Italian Woman) 1916 Oil on canvas, 116.7 x 89.5 cm Guggenheim Museum, New York Henri Matisse often painted the same subject in versions that range from relatively realistic to more abstract or schematic. At times the transition…
née Alice Géry (1884–1975) André Derain and Alice Géry (April 20, 1918) Alice in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) Madame Derain au châle blanc c.1919–1920 Tate Britain, London Derain, André (1880-1954) Portrait d’Alice Derain 1920–1921 Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris Derain,…
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) Paysage à la Ciotat (Landscape in La Ciotat) 1907 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62 cm Private collection Braque’s magnificent depiction of La Ciotat in the south of France is a seminal image of the Fauve revolution at…
(1882-1963) The artist’s works: Le Port d’Anvers 1905 Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Le Port d’Anvers 1906 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Le port de l’Estaque 1906 Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Le Port de La Ciotat 1907 National Gallery of Art, Washington Le Viaduc de…
(1845–1924) Ferdinand Anne Piestre The artist’s works: Caïn 1880 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Une forge 1893 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait 1912 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Born December 24 1845 Paris (France) Died March 20 1924 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière de Montmartre (Paris) Pupils Émile Bernard (1868-1941)…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Vue de Collioure (View of Collioure) c.1904–1905 Watercolor over graphite on paper, 17.4 x 25.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York See also: • Collioure (France)