Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Seated Woman, Back Turned to the Open Window
Image View:
Overall view with frame
Creator:
Henri Matisse (French painter, 1869-1954)
Location:
repository: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada) 1949.1015
Location Note:
1380 Sherbrooke Street West
GPS:
45.4987-73.5801
Date:
ca. 1922 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
73.3 cm (height) x 92.5 cm (width)
Subjects:
genre; portrait; seascape; interior; seaside resort; palm trees
Description:
Early in his career, Matisse discovered the Mediterranean light that pulsates in his first Fauve paintings. He became a regular visitor to the French Riviera, staying mainly in Nice after 1917, where this canvas was painted. As so often in Matisse’s work, the window itself is the main subject of the painting. A bold foreground is provided by the young model who is posing in a studio that the artist has decorated with richly patterned Oriental fabrics. (Source: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; http://www.mmfa.qc.c a/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-MATISSE-SWBT-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Seated Woman, Back Turned to the Open Window