Henri Matisse Portrait de Madame Matisse dit La raie verte 1905

Henri Matisse

26.05.2007 …

By MMaxi

"The new Matisses, seen in the autumn of 1905, were very shocking indeed. Even their handful of defenders were uncertain about them, while their detractors thought them barbaric. Particularly offensive was his use of this discordant colour in the familiar form of the salon portrait - even though the "victim" was his wife, posing in her best Edwardian hat.

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