Henri Matisse

1869–1954

Reclining Nude 1924
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Artworks

Muted woodland in thin fluid strokes of grey-green, a bare brown tree leaning across slender dark trunks and the pale still water of a pond

Trivaux Pond

On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives

A nude woman with dark pinned-up hair stands looking down in a shadowy interior, her body modelled in pale greens and pinks with blue outlines against deep purples, reds and browns

Nude Study in Blue

A woman with bobbed hair and a beaded necklace rests folded arms beside an open book on a dark table, a pale blue hat and furled parasol before her and green foliage behind

Reading Woman with Parasol

A dark-haired woman in a grey blouse and long white skirt leans her head on one hand at a pale table with an open book, a vase of pink flowers and an oval mirror beside her, painted in thin, sketchy strokes

The Inattentive Reader

Notre-Dame

Reclining Nude II

Fauvist head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with a moustache, painted in bold unblended strokes: red-pink cap, green shadows across the face, pale yellow shirt, against green and blue patches

André Derain

Cut-out style print: a white leaf-like dancing figure on a green panel flanked by orange-red panels scattered with dark and blue seaweed fronds, all on a lilac scalloped ground, signed 'Henri Matisse'

The Dancer

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Artist as subject

Mort

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Matisse’s Studio Sublet to Spiderman

Martin Kippenberger

On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks

Fauvist portrait of a bearded man in round spectacles smoking a long curved yellow pipe, his face daubed in bold pinks, greens and oranges, wearing a blue jacket against a green and ochre ground.

Henri Matisse

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