Tag: Matisse

Deux femmes (c.1908)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Deux femmes (Two Women) c.1908 Bronze, 45.7 x 25.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Matisse based this sculpture on a photograph of two women embracing, but translated it into a more compact, three-dimensional composition by fusing their…

Intérieur au vase étrusque (1940)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Intérieur au vase étrusque (Interior with an Etruscan Vase) 1940 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 108 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland When Matisse‘s Blue Nude was shown in the 1913 Armory show, the violent, unnaturalistic colors and…

Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (1912)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I (Nasturtiums with the Painting “Dance” I) 1912 Oil on canvas, 191.8 × 115.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Matisse‘s representations of his studio often include glimpses of other artwork. Here…

Danse I (1909)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Danse I (Dance I) 1909 Oil on canvas, 259.7 x 390.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York See also: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Capucines avec le tableau “Danse” I 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Notre-Dame, une fin d’après-midi (1902)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Notre-Dame, une fin d’après-midi (A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon) 1902 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 72.39 x 54.61 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon…

Notre-Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris Construction started: 1163 Opened: 1345 Address: 6 Parvis Notre-Dame, Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France Notre-Dame in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité 1889 National Museum Wales, Cardiff     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 1888 Detroit…

Les Persiennes (1919)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Persiennes (The Venetian Blinds) 1919 Oil on canvas, 130 × 89 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Matisse painted this canvas in his hotel room in Nice, in the South of France, where he spent his winters beginning…

Le Coffret chinois (1922)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Le Coffret chinois (Chinese Casket) 1922 Oil on canvas, 60.4 x 74 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Henri Matisse‘s love of decoration is evident here, as the patterned tablecloth and wallpapers flow together into a dizzying composition that almost…

Nature morte aux coloquintes (1916)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Nature morte aux coloquintes (Still Life with Gourds) 1916 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81.3 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Matisse made some of his most experimental work between 1913 and 1917. In this still life from the end…