Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Verdure (Nymph in the Forest)
Alternate Title:
La Verdure (Nympe dans la foret)
Image View:
Detail, forest trees
Creator:
Henri Matisse (French painter, 1869-1954)
Location:
repository: Musée Matisse (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) N inv. D.78.1.1
Location Note:
164, Avenue des Arènes de Cimiez; on loan from Musee d'Orsay, Paris
GPS:
43.719444 7.276111
Date:
1935-1943 (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)
Subjects:
abstraction; human figure; landscape; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; poetry; forest; nymph; faun
Description:
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-mat isse-nice.org/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-MATISSE-NIF-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Verdure (Nymph in the Forest)