The Open Window

The Open Window
The Open Window
Artist Henri Matisse
Year 1905
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 55.3 cm × 46 cm (2134 in × 1818 in)
Location National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

The Open Window also known as Open Window, Collioure, is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1905, oil on canvas, former collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, New York, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC..[1]

An example of the Fauvist style of painting that Matisse became famous for; and for which he was a leader, roughly between the years 1900–1909.[2] The theme of an open window in Matisse's work is a recurring theme throughout his long career.

In Open Window, Collioure, 1905, he painted the view out the window of his apartment in Collioure, on the Southern coast of France. We see sailboats on the water, from Matisse's hotel window out onto the harbor of Collioure. He used the theme of the open window in Paris and especially during the years in Nice and Etretat, and in his final years, particularly during the late 1940s.

References

  1. ^ Image and text, National Gallery of Art, retrieved December 25, 2007
  2. ^ Jack D. Flam, Matisse on Art, paperback edition, 1978, E. P. Dutton, p.10, ISBN 0-525-47490-0

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