Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Verdure (Nymph in the Forest)
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Verdure (Nymph in the Forest)
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Alternate Title:
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La Verdure (Nympe dans la foret)
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Image View:
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Detail, figures of nymph and faun
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Creator:
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Henri Matisse (French painter, 1869-1954)
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Location:
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repository: Musée Matisse (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) N inv. D.78.1.1
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Location Note:
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164, Avenue des Arènes de Cimiez; on loan from Musee d'Orsay, Paris
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GPS:
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+43.719444+7.276111
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Date:
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1935-1943 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; human figure; landscape; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; poetry; forest; nymph; faun
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Description:
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Painted in Nice. Marie Cuttoli was a collector and patron of modern French art; she was also responsible for reviving the art of tapestry weaving and carpet making in the modern era, particularly through her commissions to modern, and especially, Cubist painters. She commissioned a tapestry from Matisse; like most of her commissions, the artists submitted easel paintings that were then used by the weavers for a pattern. Matisse decided to do a work based on his recent work illustrating the poems of Stéphane Mallarmé; this painting is based on his poem "Faune". The tapestry was never realized, as Matisse regularly took back his painting and reworked it. (Source: Musee Matisse [website]; http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-MATISSE-NIF-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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