The “Eastern” footprint in the works of Matisse is unusually bright. Impressed by the trip to the same Algeria, completed in 1906, the artist became interested in linear ornaments of the Muslim East; This, along with certain theoretical achievements, is perhaps the main source of its total decorativeness and monumentality. There is an echo of these trips and in the presented expressive portrait, built on contrast – shapes, colors, contours, background, etc.
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Window in Tangier by Henri Matisse 
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Sculpture by Henri Matisse 
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Window in Tangier by Henri Matisse Woman in a Hat by Henri Matisse Decorative figure on the ornamental background by Henri Matisse Open window in Collioure by Henri Matisse The woman at the window by Henri Matisse Madame Matisse (Green Bar) by Henri Matisse Sculpture by Henri Matisse Woman in a Purple Coat by Henri Matisse