Odalisque in red trousers, a description of the painting The Great Henri Matisse is an artist who has found his own style in painting, the author of colorful canvases simplified

In the center of the picture – a young woman in a white blouse and bright red scarves lazily sat on a bright striped mattress in a harem room. Throwing

This picture was painted in the fall of 1940 in Nice, where Matisse left Paris, occupied by the Germans. She demonstrates the artist’s transition to a simplified manner of writing.

This still life is completely different – on the blue. painted with blue patterns, tablecloths are a clay jug, green glass decanter and yellow-red apples. The artist intentionally casually writes

A work resembling children’s drawing shows five people of uncertain age. One of them plays the violin, the other, sitting side by side, on some kind of wind instrument, the

For the first time, Matisse arrived in Nice in 1917 and immediately fell in love with this city. The artist was absolutely fascinated by the local light – “soft and

On a square napkin there is a round tray with a vase of flowers – tulips, daisies. The combination of bright, rich strokes of yellow, red, blue colors makes the

One of the most significant events in the artistic life of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century was the Autumn Salon of 1905, the opening of which was

Dark colors and dark mood of the picture are typical for this period of creativity of Matisse, in which he experienced personal difficulties. The first problem was that Matisse could

The picture “Dining Table” refers to the early period of creativity of Henri Matisse, when he, like most young emerging artists, was “infected” with ideas of impressionism. Already at first

At first it may seem that Matisse depicts a completely banal scene that can occur on any given day. We see the husband and wife talking in the morning. In

The “dance”, which together with the “Music” constitutes a decorative ensemble, was commissioned by S. I. Shchukin to decorate the stairs of his mansion in Moscow. The motif of the

The picture creates a joyful sensation of life – the blue river, the trees reflected in the water, and on the other bank among the thick grass of the lush

Exhibited in 1905 at the Autumn Salon, “Woman in the Hat” was in the center of attention. The portrait of Matisse’s wife, Ameli Pareyr, impressed both viewers and critics at

Matisse began working on sculpture at the age of twenty and over the next three decades did not leave these classes, which were for him a kind of “rest” from